Utsidan med inristad dekor i grönt mot gul fond av två femkloade drakar och två fenixfåglar som jagar den flammande pärlan bland molnformationer. Insidan med en rundel med ett arkaiserande lycko (shou) tecken. Diameter 11.5 cm.
Hårsprickor.
The collection of General Director Vilhelm Meyers. A prominent Danish businessman who lived and worked in China during the years 1902-1935. He ran and owned the Andersen & Meyer Ltd, a company which at the time hade about 25 000 employees.
Compare a bowl of this type sold at Sotheby's . Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 september 2015.
Christopher Bo Bramsen: The Director General: Vilhelm Meyer - a Danish businessman's life in China. Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1993. 381 pp.
Strict regulations determined who was allowed to use what in the Imperial Court. This design with green dragons on a yellow ground was used by the Emperor's concubines of the second rank at the Court.