Asian Art I - 20th May 2015
Lot 339
*A CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW GROUND SMALL BOWL SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD...
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
*A CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW GROUND SMALL BOWL
SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908
Decorated to the exterior with two scaly five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls of wisdom, the interior with a single shou character, 10cm.
Cf. G Lang, The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, p.129, no.93, for a Qianlong bowl in this pattern.