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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
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48 SOTHEBY’S A RARE YELLOW-GROUND
UNDERGLAZE BLUE ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
EARLY QING DYNASTY

the gently rounded sides rising from a tapered foot,
painted in underglaze blue with two striding dragons
among scrolled clouds to the exterior and another
in the central roundel to the interior, all reserved
against the custard-yellow ground stopping neatly
above the unglazed foot ring, with apocryphal six-
character Xuande mark in underglaze blue on a
white-glazed base
Diameter 4⅞ in., 12.4 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭⇅ġġġ湫⛘曺剙暚漵䲳䙴
˪⣏㖶⭋⽟⸜墥˫ầ㫦

1089

PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A PAIR OF GREEN-ENAMELED
‘DRAGON’ BOWLS
GUANGXU MARKS AND PERIOD

each with deep rounded sides and a slightly everted
rim, supported on a narrow footring, painted around
the exterior with two dragons striding among ames
in pursuit of a ‘ aming pearl’, the interior with a
central medallion enclosing a dragon in similar
pursuit, all between single or double underglaze blue
line borders, the base with a six-character mark in
underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 5¾ in., 14.6 cm

$ 6,000-8,000

㶭⃱䵺ġġġ䵈⼑崽䎈暚漵䲳䙴ᶨ⮵
˪⣏㶭⃱䵺⸜墥˫㫦

1090

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A PAIR OF INCISED LEMON-YELLOW-
GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISHES
GUANGXU MARKS AND PERIOD

each with rounded sides rising from a short straight
foot, incised on the interior with a ve-clawed
dragon pursuing a ‘ aming pearl’ amidst ame
scrolls, the exterior with two further dragons, all
beneath a vibrant lemon-yellow glaze, the base with
a six-character mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 11 in., 27.9 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭⃱䵺ġġġ㩠㩔湫慱㘿剙崽䎈漵䲳䚌ᶨ⮵
˪⣏㶭⃱䵺⸜墥˫㫦