Page 196 - Christie's London Fine Chinese Ceramics Nov. 2019

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF DOUCAI CONICAL 'DRAGON' BOWLS AND COVERS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The conical bowls and domed covers are fnely enamelled to the exterior with a yellow and a green
fve-clawed dragon above crashing waves in pursuit of the faming pearl. The mouth rims have small
v-shaped indentations.
8¿ in. (20 cm.) diam. (2)
£30,000-50,000 US$38,000-62,000
€34,000-56,000
PROVENANCE:
H.R.H. Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester, K.G., K.T., K.P. (1900 - 1974)
Mrs. L. H. Goris; Christie's London, 12 May 1975, lot 155.
Private English Collection, amassed in the UK in the 1970s and thence by descent within the family.
A pair of bowls and covers of this pattern and of the Yongzheng period are illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong
Kong, 1999, no. 230. A single bowl and cover was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3147.

清雍正 鬥彩雲龍紋蓋碗一對 雙圈六字楷書款
來源:
英國格洛斯特公爵(1900-1974)舊藏
L.H. Goris 女士珍藏; 倫敦佳士得1975年5月12日, 拍品155
英國私人珍藏, 約1970年代購自英國, 家傳至今.

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