A CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' BOWL
SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722
Finely potted with the U-shaped body rising to an everted rim, the exterior decorated in green enamel with two incised five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst stylised flames and clouds, with a foliate border to the mouth rim and a band of interlaced ruyi-heads around the base, the well incised and painted with a shou character contained within a circular ring, 10.4cm.
Provenance: from a European private collection, purchased in China c.1930.
Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 146 for a similar pair of bowls sold in the sale of the Edward T Chow Collection.
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