$450
Chinese, 19th century Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). A Chinese Export porcelain fruit bowl of round form with wide flat saucer rim, the central tondo bearing a forward facing green dragon amid colorful cloud scrolls surrounded by a ring of ruyi heads in teal and iron read, the cavetto with a continuous courtly figural scene depicting boys at play in a garden, the rim with clusters of prunus fruit and flowers on leafy stems accompanied with butterflies, the bowl's exterior cavetto with iron red leafy bamboo. Unmarked. Approximate height 3.75", diameter 11.875".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2016-12-04