A FINE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI |

thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a flared rim, the exterior delicately incised and enamelled in green with two scaly five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst stylised clouds and flames, the interior decorated with a shou character in the well, the white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

Collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956).

Apart from minor scratching to the exterior, the bowl is in good condition.
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A similar pair of bowls from the Edward T. Chow collection was sold in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 146; and another was included in the exhibition Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1981, cat. no. 23. This bowl was acquired directly from the family collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), who lived and worked in Beijing from the 1920s for the Bank of Indochina where he served as Chairman. The family left Beijing in 1946 to move back to France, where they settled in Normandy. All Chinese porcelain in the family collection was left untouched in wooden trunks in the basement of their chateau from 1946 until Christmas 2015, when his granddaughter who inherited the home finally opened them.