A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI DRAGON' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35

Painted to the exterior with four kui dragons above a band of scrolling lappets, the interior with a dragon roundel within concentric bands, 18.2cm.

Provenance: formerly in the collection of Reverend Dr K H Uttley (1901- 1972).

Cf. M Holdsworth & C Munn, Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography, p.444.