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A RARE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED ᪺㢫᢬ 㷍঄⚸ྑ㢴㹪ᆬ὜ᥩ෥ᩅ᥆♄↢
‘DRAGON’ BOWL 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Ϝᬜ
The thinly potted bowl is incised and decorated to the exterior
㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
in brilliant green enamels with two five-clawed dragons in
pursuit of flaming pearls amidst clouds and above mountains 㿩஠⣔ᆭ䂆⡠଍᚝㇦ᙻᚺԋឆ卿ൈᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։᫈ᇪ᪪㵶㑷⎾卿ⶬ
emerging from crashing waves, against a deep iridescent 㢙ᙻᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ഌ⡑Ƕ㫓㞏ᆭ厁⡵ӲᆭǷ卿ӳᱡ卿 ჺ卿
yellow ground. The interior and base are covered with a clear எ ⽚ǯ⅌Ⳍల⻦Ӭ։㫇᫈㿩஠⣔ᆭ䂆⡠⎾卿ཨ༿ࣿᆨ߰⯝ទ⎾⏟ऱ卿
glaze. ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯऔӬ։ ჺ ᝲ
5w in. (15.1 cm.) diam., box ᚚᙻٳᘹצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 23 March 1993, lot 770
Bowls of such design are based on Ming prototypes which first saw the
combination of yellow and green enamels, such as a Zhengde-marked
yellow-ground green-enamelled stem bowl decorated with dragons
from the Palace Museum, illustrated in Miscellaneous Enamelled
Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, no. 83.
For related Yongzheng examples, compare to a bowl of identical size
and design from the Meiyintang Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 9; and one sold at Christie’s London, 15 June
1999, lot 94.

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