A VERY LARGE CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' FISH BOWL
清十八世紀 青釉暗刻雲龍趕珠紋大缸

A VERY LARGE CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' FISH BOWL

Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

清十八世紀 青釉暗刻雲龍趕珠紋大缸

The rounded bowl carved to the exterior with ferocious four-clawed dragons soaring through swirling clouds in pursuit of flaming pearls, framed above and below by carved bands depicting birds amidst lotus and peony flowers covered in a thick brown glaze, the base unglazed

51cm diameter, 45cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Formerly in a private collection in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, since the 1950s, and thence by descent in the same family.

By repute, the majority of the collection was purchased from the Panshanger Estate Sale at the Corn Exchange in Hertford, 1953. As the family home of the Earls Cowper, the estate housed a large and important collection of art that included Chinese ceramics and works of art.

來源：

自1950年代起，英國赫特福德郡私人收藏，此後家族繼承。

據傳，該收藏大部分於1953年在赫特福德玉米交易所進行的潘斯漢格莊園拍賣中購得。作為考珀伯爵的家族宅邸，該莊園擁有大量重要的藝術收藏，當中包括中國瓷器和藝術品。