A PAIR OF PALACE SIZED DAYAZHAI STYLE ‘DRAGON’ PORCELAIN FISH BOWLS TOGETHER WITH OLD HARDWOOD AND BURR WALNUT STANDS China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century Adorned in famille rose enamels, the outer parts with five-claw dragons flying amidst clouds in pursuance of the flaming pearl against a turquoise blue ground enhanced with a flower spray, the inner parts also with a dragon and with Mandarin ducks frolicking on a lotus pond. Offered at auction together with old and refined mixed-wood stands. Dimensions: - the fishbowls: H: 48 cm - D: 55,5 cm - the stands: H: 37,5 cm - D: 36 cm Note: The use of the turquoise ground and the global palette of colours reminds may be linked with the ‘dayazhai’ wares (大雅齋), a production associated with the Dowager Empress Cixi. 一对带硬木及胡桃木支架的大龙纹鱼缸 中国，清代，19世纪