Lot 3506. A yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 10.3 cm. Lot sold  428,400 HKD (Estimate : 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

Provenance: Collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956).

Note:  The pair to this bowl was included in the exhibition Qing Porcelain from Three Private Collections, S. Marchant & Son, London, 2019, cat. no. 8. A similar pair of bowls from the Edward T. Chow collection was sold in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 146; and another was included in the exhibition Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1981, cat. no. 23. 

This bowl was acquired directly from the family collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), who lived and worked in Beijing from the 1920s for the Bank of Indochina where he served as Chairman.

Sotheby's. Marchant II – Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 29 April 2022