KANGXI (1662-1722)

Details

A Chinese famille verte biscuit-enamelled incised bowl
Kangxi (1662-1722)
With steep rounded sides rising from slightly tapering foot to a flaring rim, the exterior finely incised with two striding five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, enamelled in yellow, aubergine, black, lime and green, and glazed on biscuit with butterflies approaching blossoming branches, the interior and base glazed white
14.7 cm. diam.

Provenance

With label HEIDE HÜBNER WÜRZBURG attached to the reverse.

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Lot Essay

A pair of similar bowls in the British Museum is illustrated in S. Vainker, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, pl.154; another pair in the Victoria & Albert Museum, illustrated in Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, Vol.I, nos. 360 and 361; in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.12, pl.44; in The Catalogue of The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Vol.5, pl.XXXVIII, no.E200; and in Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl. XXXV, fig.1.

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