blue-ground and copper-red

Lot 3586. A Blue-Ground and Copper-Red ‘Dragon’ Bowl, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722). D 15.8cm. Sold for HKD 816,000 (Estimate HKD 450,000 - 680,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 The bowl has a lavish mouth, a deep belly, and a rimmed foot; the body is covered in blue glaze, with the mouth and upper part of the footrim outlined in glaze red for one week each, and the outer wall of the bowl darkly engraved with a seawater dragon, the body of the dragon then filled... [Lire la suite]

An extremely rare blue-ground and copper-red 'dragon' bowl. Kangxi six-character mark and of the period.  Photo Bonhams Of deep rounded sides rising to the everted rim, supported on a short slightly tapering foot ring, incised and painted in deep copper-red with two striding five-clawed dragons pursuing the flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls, reserved on incised waves underneath a rich cobalt blue ground, between a copper-red band below the rim and around the unglazed foot, the interior and base white glazed; 15.8cm (6... [Lire la suite]