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 A RARE GREEN AND YELLOW-ENAMELED   In 1983, several yellow-ground green-enameled vessels decorated with
 'DRAGON' BOWL  dragons from the Yongle period were unearthed at the Ming imperial
 YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND   porcelain factory archaeological site in Jingdezhen. This discovery
 OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)  implies that the prototype inspiring the green and yellow palette and
 dragon decoration of the present Yongzheng bowl can be traced back to
 5q in. (14 cm.) diam., cloth box
 the early 15th century. Only a few Yongzheng mark-and-period dragon
 $150,000-250,000  bowls of this design have survived. A Yongzheng bowl with nearly
 identical design and size from the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated
 PROVENANCE:
 The Yiqingge Collection, Japan.  by Geng Baochang and Lu Chenglong in The Complete Collection of
 Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3733.  Treasures of the Palace Museum–Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains
 and Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, p. 119, no. 98. The authors
 note that compared to examples from other dynasties, the yellow
 清雍正   黃ঃ綠彩雲龍趕珠紋盌   雙१Ս字楷書款
 enamel on the Yongzheng bowls is purer, more even and delicate, and
 Ϝ源   the color tones are more soft and subtle. Another similar Yongzheng
 益清閣珍藏,日本  example, formerly in the Greenwald Collection, is illustrated in G.
 香港ωૈ得,2011年6月1日,拍品編號3733
 M. Greenwald's The Greenwald Collection: Two Thousand Years of
 Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 64, and was later sold at Christie’s Hong
 The present yellow-ground green-enameled bowl is noteworthy not   Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2828.
 only for its strikingly rendered dragons but also for its significant
 historical context within the Qing court. The Palace enforced strict
 rules and regulations governing the types and quantity of tableware
 permissible for use by imperial family members. According to
 Huangchao Liqi Tushi (The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial
 Paraphernalia of the Qing Dynasty), an official encyclopedia
 documenting the regulations and hierarchy of utilitarian and ritual
 objects at the Qing court, compiled and published by Yun Lu and Jiang
 Pu in 1766, vessels adorned with green dragons on a yellow ground were
 designated for use by guifei and fei, the emperor's concubines of the
 second and third rank.
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