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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
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A GREEN AND YELLOW-ENAMELED INCISED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deep sides are incised with two fve-clawed dragons striding amidst
fames in pursuit of faming pearls positioned over cruciform clouds between
ruyi-head and foliate borders, and the interior with a shou character within
a line border, all in green enamel on a lemon-yellow ground.
4 in. (10 cm.) diam.
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 482.
A pair of Qianlong-marked bowls of this pattern is illustrated in Chinese
Porcelain: The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, Parts I and II,
no. 111.
清乾隆 黃綠彩雙龍趕珠紋盌 六字篆書款

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