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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925
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A FAMILLE VERTE INCISED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is incised with a pair of dragons pursuing faming pearls, all under a cream glaze and partially
obscured by two blossoming branches of rose and camellia separated by butterfies that are highlighted
in tones of yellow, green and aubergine enamel and outlined in dark brown.
5√ in. (15.1 cm.) diam.
$12,000-15,000

This unusual double decoration, combining famille verte motifs and anhua dragons, is found only on
bowls of this design and corresponding dishes decorated with pomegranates. Several similar bowls
have been published including one in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Miscellaneous Enameled
Porcelains - Plain Tricolored Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, pl. 221; two bowls from the Riesco Collection,
one illustrated by Edgar E. Bluett, The Riesco Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London,
(mark)
1951, fg. 31, the other sold at Christies Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2114; another example illustrated by
R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, pl. 889; one illustrated in
Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 81; and a pair from the Chang
Foundation is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1990, pl. 121.
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