Selection of imperial porcelain over 93 years in three collections

5909 | Kangxi period,Qing Dynasty A PAIR OF IMPERIAL YELLOW GROUND GREEN DRAGON BOWLS

A PAIR OF IMPERIAL YELLOW GROUND GREEN DRAGON BOWLS

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Size: D10.2 cm

Signed and dated: Kangxi period,Qing Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 400,000


Kangxi Six-Character Mark
Incised on the exterior with two five claw dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls,amongst stylised clouds and flames,above a band of interlocked ruyi-heads and beneath a single scroll branch with leaves,the interior carved in the well with a shou character,within a double incised ring in in green glaze,the base with a six character mark of Kangxi within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period.1662-1722.
▲ A similar pair of bowls were sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in their auction of the Edward T Chow Collection,Part One,Ming and Qing Porcelain,25th November 1980,no. 146,pp. 138/9.
PROVENANCE
Private European collection.