Lot 9. A rare carved pale turquoise-enameled 'kuilong' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 5 7/8  in., 14.8 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 35,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flared rim, finely carved around the exterior with an archaistic bronze design of two highly stylized dragons in shallow relief on a ground of incised leiwen, below a plain band and a keyfret border at the rim, all above a double fillet encircling the foot, covered with an attractive opaque turquoise enamel, the interior and base reserved in white, six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Collection of Donald L. Ballantyne (1895-1974), acquired in Asia prior to 1942, and thence by descent.