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propertY From a FLorIDa prIVate CoLLeCtIon similar Kangxi mark and period bowls of three 清康熙 五彩龍鳳呈祥紋盌
A FINE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND different sizes from the nanjing museum,
PHOENIX’ BOWL were included in the exhibition Qing Imperial 《大清康熙年製》款
Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD Qianlong Reigns, art Gallery, the Chinese 來源
University of hong Kong, hong Kong, 1995, 美國私人收藏
the deep rounded sides rising from a short Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.，紐約，
straight foot to a gently flaring rim, the exterior cat. no. 26; a pair in the shanghai museum, is 2016年3月17日
vividly decorated with a green and a red dragon, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the
Shanghai Museum Collection, hong Kong, 1998,
each striding in pursuit of a ‘flaming pearl’, pl. 153; a single bowl from the collection of C.p.
separated by a pair of descending phoenix, all
below a band of the ‘eight Buddhist emblems’ Lin was included in the exhibition Elegant Form
and ruyi heads at the rim, the interior with a and Harmonious Decoration, percival David
Foundation, London, 1992, cat. no. 121; and a
medallion enclosing a red five-clawed dragon pair was included in the hong Kong oriental
coveting a ‘flaming pearl’, the base with a six-
character mark in underglaze blue within a Ceramic society exhibition Ch’ing Polychrome
double circle Porcelain, Fung ping shan museum, hong
Kong, 1977, cat. no. 32.
Diameter 5⅛ in., 13 cm
see also a pair of slightly larger bowls in
PROVENANCE the palace museum, Beijing, included in the
american private Collection. exhibition Kangxi. Empereur de Chine, musée
ralph m. Chait Galleries, Inc., new York, 17th national du Château de Versailles, Versailles,
march 2016. 2004, cat. no. 59; and a slightly smaller
bowl, also from the Qing Court Collection in
the palace museum, Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum. Porcelains in Polychrome and
Contrasting Colours, hong Kong, 1999, pl. 135.
$ 50,000-70,000

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