Bol en porcelaine bleu blanc Marque et époque Kangxi

le pourtour finement peint de deux dragons à cinq griffes volant parmi les nuages stylisés entrecoupés de deux cartouches polylobés, l'un abritant le caractère fu et l'autre le caractère shou, le pied ceint de deux rangées de pétales

The bowl has a ca. 0,6cm wide shallow glaze chip to the rim as well as a ca. 0.3cm wide glaze pull and a small ca. 0.2cm wide frit to the rim. There are some scattered pin-point glaze imperfections to the centre of the bowl and to the centre of the foot. There is a little chip with an associated hairline cracks starting from the rim and extending on 1cm. The footrim has been slightly polished.
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