Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 83
A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI DRAGON' BOWL SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £6500
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A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI DRAGON' BOWL
SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35
Painted to the exterior with four kui dragons above a band of scrolling lappets, the interior with a dragon roundel within concentric bands, 18.2cm.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Reverend Dr K H Uttley (1901- 1972).
Cf. M Holdsworth & C Munn, Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography, p.444.