Lot 2561
  • 2561

A pair of blue and white 'dragon' ogee bowls Marks and period of Daoguang

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 HKD
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Description

each of characteristic form, the exterior decorated with two dragons pacing amid billowing clouds, the interior centred with a single leaping dragon within a double-line circle repeated at the rim

Condition

The bowls are in good condition overall. There is a stained burst air bubble to the rim of one bowl. To the other, there is a small ironspot on the mark. The underglaze-blue is slightly softer in tone than the illustration suggests.
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