A BLUE AND WHITE OGEE-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIOD

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A BLUE AND WHITE OGEE-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIOD China, 1820-1850. The bowl with ogee-form sides painted in rich blue with two five-clawed dragons striding in mutual pursuit around the exterior amongst cloud motifs, the interior with a single five-clawed dragon medallion within double circles. The recessed base with a six-character reign mark da Qing Daoguang nianzhi in underglaze blue and of the period. Dimensions: Diameter 17.2 cm Prototypes of this form and design are known. A pair of bowls of this pattern with Yongzheng marks was included in the exhibition, Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Hong Kong, 1973, no. 59, and another is illustrated in the Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Powell-Cotton Museum, Birchington, Kent, 1988, no. 87. A Qianlong bowl of this pattern in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, Hildesheim, is illustrated by U. Wiesner in Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, no. 47. A pair of similar Jiaqing marked bowls was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 1 June 2011, lot 3924. Auction result comparison: Type: Near identical Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 June 2020, lot 604 Price: HKD 437,500 or approx. EUR 52,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the near identical form, colors, subject, size (17.1 cm), and Daoguang mark. Auction result comparison: Type: Near identical Auction: Bonhams London, 4 November 2013, lot 177 Price: GBP 10,625 or approx. EUR 18,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the near identical form, colors, subject, size (17.1 cm), and Daoguang mark.

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