A rare Imperial blue and white 'dragon' bowl


Kangxi six-character mark and of the periodWith deep rounded sides gently rising from a slightly tapered foot to the rim, the exterior vividly painted with two five-clawed dragons striding amidst flame scrolls in pursuit of the flaming pearl, the interior plain, the base with a six-character mark in standard script within a double circle, box. 15.8cm (6 2/9in) diam. (2).
|清康熙 青花雙龍趕珠碗青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White - Wan Li to K'ang Hsi, London, 13-15 July 1980, no.21A distinguished English private collection, and thence by descent來源：倫敦S. Marchant & Son，《Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White - Wan Li to K'ang Hsi》，倫敦，1980年7月13-15日，編號21英國顯赫私人收藏，並由後人保存至今The present bowl is remarkable for the style of painting of the five-clawed dragons, taking the entire space of the bowl, uninterrupted by clouds as more typically seen. A similar style of painting can be seen on a blue and white meiping vase, Kangxi mark and period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1317. A very similar blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi mark and period, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc.no.110A-1883). Two very similar blue and white 'dragon' bowls, Kangxi marks and period, are illustrated in Encompassing Precious Beauty: The Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 2016, pp.60-63, nos.19 and 20, acquired at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 April 1998, lots 773 and 772, respectively.圓唇，直口，斜腹收於圈足，外壁青花繪雙龍趕珠紋，龍五爪，髪後散，怒口圓目極有威嚴，二龍各趕一株，火雲相間。此碗所繪龍紋壯實威武，可參考一件康熙青花龍紋梅瓶所繪之龍紋，見佳士得香港，2006年11月28日，拍品編號1317。倫敦維多利亞及艾伯特藏有一件康熙青花雙龍趕珠碗和本件拍品極似，館藏編號110A-1883。另有兩件相似的康熙青花雙龍趕珠碗可資參考，見《瑯環琳瑯-松竹堂中國御窯瓷器珍藏》，香港，2016年，頁60-63，編號19及20，1998年4月28日購於香港蘇富比，拍品編號773及772。