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                                                                        AN UNUSUAL AUBERGINE, GREEN AND
                                                                  2200  YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
                                                                        KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
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                                                                        The exterior is decorated with two fve-
                                                                        clawed dragons racing amidst clouds above
                                                                        a band of petal lappets, all in aubergine
                                                                        detailed in black on a bright green ground,
                                                                        while the interior and rim are covered with a
                                                                        glaze of rich egg yolk-yellow color. A Jiajing
                                                                        six-character mark in underglaze blue within
                                                                        a double circle is on the base.
                                                                        5º in. (13.4 cm.) diam.

                                                                        $3,000-5,000

                                                                        PROVENANCE:

                                                                        Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
                                                                        清康熙 紫綠彩雙龍戲珠紋盌

                                                                                                  2199 (mark)

                                                                        •2200
                                                                        A COPPER-RED-GLAZED STEM BOWL
                                                                        QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
                                                                        UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD
                                                                        (1736-1795)

                                                                        The bowl with rounded sides that fare
                                                                        towards the rim is raised on a conical foot
                                                                        and is covered inside and out with a glaze
                                                                        of dark crushed-strawberry-red color below
                                                                        the white rim. The mark is in a line inside
                                                                        the foot
                                                                        6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.

                                                                        $7,000-9,000

                                                                        PROVENANCE:

                                                                        Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 28 November 2000,
                                                                        lot 364.
                                                                        Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
                                                                        清乾隆 紅釉高足盌
                                                                        單行六字篆書款

                                                                                                  2200 (mark)
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