Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Small Chinese famille verte incised dragon bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722), with incised anhua decoration with two dragons chasing flaming pearls, decorated in susancai enamels with two butterflies among branches of flowering camellia, with underglaze-blue six character mark to base, diameter: 6 in. (15.3 cm.), condition: haircrack to rim and glaze cracking to the interior. A similar bowl is illustrated in 'Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing dynasty', p. 67; and in He Li, 'Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco', p. 297, pl. 614. SOLD
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