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5032 | Qianlong Period,Qing Dynasty A VERY RARE INCISED GROUND AND IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL

A VERY RARE INCISED GROUND AND IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL

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Size: D11cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 1,900,000


Qianlong Six-Character Mark
Rests on a straight narrow foot, this rounded bowl is painted with three small iron-red bats inside the body, the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls among small stylized clouds, all reserved on an overall white enamel ground, which continues across the foot and is delicately incised with crested waves. The base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue.

ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.4, no.1761