A SMALL BLUE AND YELLOW 'DRAGON' BOWL Qianlong seal mark...
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 歐洲私人收藏藏品
A SMALL BLUE AND YELLOW 'DRAGON' BOWL
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
With deeply rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, reserved in yellow on a blue ground with two five-clawed dragons encircling the exterior in pursuit of flaming pearls, all above a band of overlapping lotus petals encircling the foot, the interior with a similar writhing dragon at the centre.
10.3cm (4 1/8in) diam.
清乾隆 藍地黃彩雲龍戲珠紋碗
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance: Christie's London, 17 June 2003, lot 40
An important European private collection
來源：倫敦佳士得，2003年6月17日，拍品編號40
歐洲重要私人收藏
Within the court itself, there was a strict hierarchy reflected in the colours of certain objects. According to The Compilation of Qing Court History (國朝宮史), volume 17, compiled in the seventh year of the Qianlong period (1742), vessels adorned with the colour scheme of yellow dragons against a blue ground, like the present lot, were crafted for the use of the Qing emperors' concubines of the fourth rank, known as pin (嬪).
Compare with a similar blue and yellow 'dragon' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection (acc.no.故00159782-6/33). See a very similar bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11 July 2020, lot 3105.
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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 歐洲私人收藏藏品
A SMALL BLUE AND YELLOW 'DRAGON' BOWL
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
With deeply rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, reserved in yellow on a blue ground with two five-clawed dragons encircling the exterior in pursuit of flaming pearls, all above a band of overlapping lotus petals encircling the foot, the interior with a similar writhing dragon at the centre.
10.3cm (4 1/8in) diam.
清乾隆 藍地黃彩雲龍戲珠紋碗
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance: Christie's London, 17 June 2003, lot 40
An important European private collection
來源：倫敦佳士得，2003年6月17日，拍品編號40
歐洲重要私人收藏
Within the court itself, there was a strict hierarchy reflected in the colours of certain objects. According to The Compilation of Qing Court History (國朝宮史), volume 17, compiled in the seventh year of the Qianlong period (1742), vessels adorned with the colour scheme of yellow dragons against a blue ground, like the present lot, were crafted for the use of the Qing emperors' concubines of the fourth rank, known as pin (嬪).
Compare with a similar blue and yellow 'dragon' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection (acc.no.故00159782-6/33). See a very similar bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11 July 2020, lot 3105.
