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A PAIR OF FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON
BOWLS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each bowl is well painted in underglaze-glue around the exterior with two sinuous
dragons striding amidst clouds and flames, divided by two shaped cartouches containing
the characters fu, ‘prosperity’, and shou, ‘longevity’, supported on lingzhi sprigs, all above a
band of overlapping lotus petals at the foot and against a lemon-yellow enamelled ground,
the interiors with a central medallion depicting a single leaping dragon on a yellow-
ground.
5 ¿ in. (13.1 cm.) diam., box (2)
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000
清乾隆 青花黃地福壽龍紋盌一對 六字篆書款
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