A RARE GREEN AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED 'DRAGON' BOWL Kangxi six-character mark and of the periodA RARE GREEN AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED 'DRAGON' BOWLKangxi six-character mark and of the periodThe bowl with rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, finely decorated around the exterior with a pair of aubergine five-clawed dragons striding amidst clouds in pursuit of 'flaming pearls' above tumultuous waves and the mythical mountains, all on a green ground, the interior white, the base with the six-character mark in underglaze blue. 13.4cm (5 1/2in) diam.清康熙 綠地褐彩雲龍紋碗青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Hans F. Goldstein (1915-1985), and thence by descent來源：Hans F. Goldstein(1915-1985)舊藏，並由後人保存迄今This lot and those offered at Bonhams London in May 2023 form the remaining collection of H. F. Goldstein, an earlier part of which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong and London in 2015-2016. Hans Goldstein's work during the 1950s took him to all parts of the Far East and this in turn stimulated his interest in Oriental art and in particular Chinese porcelain. His collection developed gradually and initially concentrated on inside-painted snuff bottles. As he became more knowledgeable, he began to collect blue and white porcelain and other Chinese ceramics and works of art. He came to London in the mid-1960s and continued to collect by regularly visiting art dealers and the main auction houses in London.According to The History of the Palace (Guochao gongshi), compiled in the seventh year of the Qianlong reign (1742), vessels decorated with designs of aubergine dragons on a green ground were intended for use by the emperors' concubines of the fifth rank, guiren 貴人. A similar green-ground aubergine-glazed 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi mark and period, is illustrated by Geng Baochang, Gugong Bowuyuan cang gu taoci ciliao xuancui, vol.2, Beijing, 2005, pl.88; another in the Shanghai Museum is published by Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl.196. Compare also with two other similar green and aubergine-glazed 'dragon' bowls, Kangxi marks and period, in the Helen and Peter Lin Collection, illustrated in Joined Colours, Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Washington, 1993, p.90, no.19 and p.91, no.20. Compare with a similar aubergine-glazed green-ground 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2022, lot 171.is_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item.jpgsold_price_type: £