CHINA Circular porcelain bowl with green,... - Lot 396 - Osenat

CHINA Circular porcelain bowl with green, eggplant and white decoration and incised on a yellow background in the center of two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl among clouds, the rim decorated with prunus, lotus, chrysanthemums and peonies, the outside decorated with four five-clawed dragons between flames and clouds, chasing sacred pearls. The white base with the six-character Kanghi reign mark in blue underglaze within a double circle. Kangxi period (1662-1722). D. 32 cm. Restored chip on the rim measuring about 9 cm long X 2 cm. For dishes of the same decoration see, the catalog of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Miscellaneous Glazed Porcelains and Plain Tricolored Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, pl. 205, and John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, pl. 197.