A PAIR OF FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWLS
A PAIR OF FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWLS
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A PAIR OF FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWLS

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWLS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each bowl is well painted in underglaze-glue around the exterior with two sinuous dragons striding amidst clouds and flames, divided by two shaped cartouches containing the characters fu, 'prosperity', and shou, 'longevity', supported on lingzhi sprigs, all above a band of overlapping lotus petals at the foot and against a lemon-yellow enamelled ground, the interiors with a central medallion depicting a single leaping dragon on a yellow-ground.
5 1/8 in. (13.1 cm.) diam., box

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