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Lot Description

A Set of Four Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 'Dragon' Bowls

DAOGUANG PERIOD (1820-1850)

each having rounded walls resting on a short straight foot, painted to show dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds, the underside bearing a Daoguang six-character undergladed blue mark and of the period.

Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm.

Property from the Collection of Pauline and Seymour Kavesky, Michigan

Condition Report

One example with a large restoration to the wall, one with a hairline near the length of the wall, scattered chipping to each alongside shelfwear.

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