bol en porcelaine à décor de dragons vert sur fond jaune Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

circulaire le rebord légèrement évasé, le contour incisé et peint en vert sur fond jaune à décor de deux dragons poursuivant une perle d'immortalité, l'intérieur avec symbole de longévité shou à l'intérieur d'un cercle, la base émaillée blanche avec la marque zuanshu de l'empereur Qianlong en bleu sous couverte 

Good condition.
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A Qianlong bowl of this form and design, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the museum's Special Exhibition of K'ang-Hsi, Yong-Cheng and Ch'ien-Lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 77; a pair was included in the exhibition Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1992, cat. no. 154; and a further pair of bowls, in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology is published in Ireneus Laszlo Legeza, Malcolm Macdonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1972, pl. 333 and pl. 334.

Compare also a pair of bowls of this form and decoration from the Edward T. Chow collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19^th May 1981, lot 580; and another bowl sold in our London rooms, 2^nd December 1997, lot 291.

For the inspiration of this piece see a bowl with a Kangxi reign mark and of the period, exhibited in Gems of Chinese Art, Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, The Empress Palace Museum, Singapore, 1992, cat. no. 102, sold at Christie's New York, 10^th September 1997, lot 159.