Ref: W919
£ 9,500
Price is subject to availability and market conditions.
A fine Chinese canton enamel dragon bowl, Qianlong (1736-95), the interior painted with four five-clawed dragons, in green, pink, red and blue, their scaled bodies writhing and rampaging amongst colourful clouds, all against a white ground below a band of gilt and enamel foliate scroll to the rim, the exterior painted with peony, lotus and tropical blooms with scrolling foliage against a bright yellow enamel ground, the rim with a narrow band of blue foliate scroll, the footrim with a corresponding band in pin, the base painted with a blue stylised mythical beast modeled on a fenghua (phoenix) but with dragon-like features, with applied label 'Chien Lung Period 1736-1795 AD'.
