清康熙 釉裏紅雲龍戲珠紋盌 《大清康熙年製》款

the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flaring rim, painted to the exterior in underglaze copper-red tones with two five-clawed dragons striding amongst flame wisps in pursuit of flaming pearls above two rows of lappets, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

The bowl is in overall good condition with only some typical surface scratches, especially to the interior. The copper red has some original dark green speckles.
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A Kangxi bowl of the same design, based on an early Ming original, is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Shanghai, 2000, no. 169; another was included in the exhibition Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973-1974, cat. no. 53.