Lot 188
DOUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL
KANGXI MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD
Auction: 13 September 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
康熙款或到代 鬥彩龍鳳紋碗
decorated to the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls and two phoenix amongst scrolling clouds, all above rocks rising from cresting waves, the foot rims encircled with a band of floral sprays with green and aubergine enamels, the base inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark in double circle in underglaze blue
Dimensions
15.3cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance: Formerly in a private Hong Kong collection
Footnote
Note: The present bowl is extremely rare in its combination of design. A pair of closely comparable bowls in design and colour palette, with Kangxi mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's London, 6 Nov 2018, lot 164. Other comparable examples with yellow ground: one published in Wang Qingzheng, ed., Kangxi Porcelain Ware from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai, 1998, pl.160. One further yellow-ground example was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 393.