清康熙 青花趕珠龍鳳紋盌 《大明成化年製》仿款

with steep conical sides flaring at the rim, freely painted with a writhing dragon and phoenix pursuing 'flaming pearls' to the exterior and upper half of the interior wall, centered by a roundel depicting a peak rising above turbulent waves under a moon in mist, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), and thence by descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993).
Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by descent.

The bowl has one chip to the rim (approx. 8 mm) and expected wear to the surface. Minor manufacturing imperfections include three short firing lines to the interior well (approx. 5 mm each), a small piece of excess clay at the rim (diameter approx. 2 mm), and scattered tiny burst glaze bubbles.
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