10 Nov 2011
10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Inder Rieden Collection of Fine Chinese Porcelain
Back to auction 18981
The Inder Rieden Collection of Fine Chinese Porcelain
Back to auction 18981
An incised yellow-glazed 'dragon' bowl
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Delicately incised around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above a band of foaming waves and rocks at the foot, covered in a warm yellow glaze neatly stopping at the rim and covering the foot, the interior glazed white, box.
15cm (5 7/8in) diam. (2).
Delicately incised around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above a band of foaming waves and rocks at the foot, covered in a warm yellow glaze neatly stopping at the rim and covering the foot, the interior glazed white, box.
15cm (5 7/8in) diam. (2).
Sold for
£73,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Sotheby's London, 6 December 1994, lot 188
The Inder Rieden Collection
Compare a similarly decorated but smaller (12.3cm diam.) bowl, illustrated by Yau Hok Wa, ed., Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods: The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, Catalogue no.124.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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