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12 octobre 2016

A fine blue and white 'dragon' ogee bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)

A fine blue and white 'dragon' ogee bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)

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Lot 3695. A fine blue and white 'dragon' ogee bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 625,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

finely potted with deep rounded sides flaring to an upturned rim, the exterior decorated in intense tones of cobalt blue with two five-clawed dragons pacing through clouds in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', the interior similarly decorated with a medallion enclosing a sinuous dragon, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle; 16.9 cm, 6 5/8  in.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th November 1996, lot 811.

NotesCompare a closely related pair of bowls, included in the exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973, cat. no. 59; one, in the Scheinman Collection, illustrated inBorn of Earth and Fire, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1992, cat. no. 88, and sold at Christie’s New York, 23rd March 1995, lot 115; and another from the Rolf Heiniger Collection, sold in our London rooms, 9th November 2005, lot 318

Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 oct. 2016

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