A rare Imperial iron-red enamelled 'dragon' bowl


Kangxi six-character mark and of the periodThe deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to the rim, the exterior vividly enamelled in iron-red with two five-clawed dragons amongst flame scrolls each in pursuit of the flaming pearl, the interior plain, the base with a six-character mark within a double circle, box. 15.6cm (6 1/7in) diam. (2).
|清康熙 礬紅龍紋碗青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: A distinguished English private collection, and thence by descent來源：英國顯赫私人收藏，並由後人保存至今Compare with a related, but slightly smaller, iron-red enamelled 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi mark and period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains. Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, no.12.圓唇，直口，壁斜收於圈足，修足工整，胎質細膩，外壁礬紅釉上彩繪兩組雙龍趕珠紋，龍五爪，怒目張口，身形矯健壯實，身纏火焰，追趕火焰珠，碗底心繪青花雙圈楷書「大清康熙年製」款。比較一件相關的康熙礬紅龍紋碗，體量稍小，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：雜釉彩·素三彩》，上海，2009年，編號12。