Yellow-glazed Dragon Bowl and Vase

Description:

Yellow-glazed Dragon Bowl and Vase, China, 20th century, the upturned bell-shape bowl with flared and rolled rim, resting on a short straight foot, decorated with four dragon roundels on the exterior, six-character Kangxi mark in black underglaze; the bottle-shape vase with globular body and rolled rim, decorated with a dragon-and-cloud design above a band of wave pattern around foot rim and a ruyi cloud band around rim, six-character Qianlong mark in black underglaze on base, ht. to 9 1/2, dia. to 5 7/8 in.
Estimate $500-700

glazing flaws with clay impurities, pockmarks, otherwise in good condition.


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