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A FINE GREEN-ENAMELED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL 2012 10 9 20
ZHENGDE MARK AND PERIOD
Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the
the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot
to a ared rim, the exterior with two ve-clawed dragons, Meiyintang Collection Sporting d’Hiver
the attenuated bodies and powerful limbs with scales deftly
incised, reserved on the biscuit and covered with green 1996 128
enamel, striding through a nely incised ground of crested
waves and rocks, with green-enameled single line borders 1994-2012
encircling the rim and foot, the interior centered with a 695
circular medallion enclosing a ve-clawed dragon writhing
among stylized clouds, with a single line border at the rim,
the base with the six-character mark within a double ring in
underglaze blue

Diameter 7⅞ in., 20 cm

PROVENANCE
The Meiyintang Collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9th October 2012, lot 20.

EXHIBITED
Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the
Meiyintang Collection / Evolution vers la perfection.
Céramiques de Chine de la Collection Meiyintang, Sporting
d’Hiver, Monte Carlo, 1996, cat. no. 128.

LITERATURE
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Collection, London, 1994-2012, vol. 2, pl. 695.

$ 250,000-350,000