An Imperial Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 'Dragon' Bowl, Kangxi Six-Character Mark and of the Period
清康熙青花福壽雲龍紋盌《大清康熙年製》款

Kangxi Mark and Period (1622-1722)

Elegantly potted and exquisitely decorated with subtly nuanced sapphire blue tones, depicting two sinuous five-clawed dragons amongst trailing clouds and "flames", pursuing two scrolled ruyi standards surmounted by reserves inscribed with Fu and Shou, all above a lotus petal border at the base, the interior with a similar dragon roundel; the underside with six-character mark in kaishu.
Note:
For comparable bowls sold at auction, see the bowl from the collection of Sylvia Bravman Kottler, sold at Christie's, New York, March 22, 2013, lot 1472. See also the bowl from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III, sold at Sotheby's, New York, September 12, 2018, lot 106, and the bowl formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Beaumont Hohler (1871-1946), sold at Sotheby's, London, November 6, 2024, lot 10, where a related bowl in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing is referenced (Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai ciqi leixuan [Qing porcelains from the Palace Museum collection selected by type], vol I: Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Blue-and-white porcelain of the Shunzhi and Kangxi reigns of the Qing], Beijing, 2005, pl. 121).
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類似拍品參見：2013年3月22日紐約佳士得拍賣1472號Sylvia Bravman Kottler舊藏；2018年9月12日紐約蘇富比拍賣106號Stephen Junkunc III舊藏；以及2024年11月6日倫敦蘇富比拍賣10號Sir Thomas Beaumont Hohler舊藏。另可參考《故宮博物院藏清代瓷器類選·卷一：清順治康熙朝青花瓷》，北京，2005年，圖版121。

Diameter 5 1/4 in., 13.4 cm.

Collection of Margaret Chanler, Charleston, South Carolina.

This lot is located in New York.

Provenance:

Acquired by Ambassador Irwin Boyle Laughlin (American, 1871-1941)

To his daughter, Gertrude Laughlin Chanler (American, 1914-1999)

By family descent to the present owner.

Ambassador Laughlin, scion of one of the founders of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a career diplomat serving as Minister to Greece (1924-1926) and Ambassador to Spain (1929-1933).

Laughlin was also a connoisseur, active in artistic and cultural circles. In 1919, he worked with architect John Russel Pope, known for the National Gallery of Art (West Wing), and the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., to design Meridian House, Washington, D.C., described as one of the finest examples of French-influenced urban architecture in America.

This elegant edifice was home to Laughlin's fine collection of Asian porcelains as well as French and Italian drawings by 18th-century masters, many of which were gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, by his daughter Gertrude Laughlin Chanler.

來源：

Irwin Boyle Laughlin（1871-1941）大使舊藏，傳于其女Gertrude Laughlin Chanler（1914-1999），后家族傳承。

勞林大使（Irwin Boyle Laughlin）出身賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡，其家族創辦了著名的瓊斯勞林鋼鐵公司，他本人則在外交領域卓有成就，曾任駐希臘公使（1924–1926）及駐西班牙大使（1929–1933）。

外交事業外，勞林亦是著名藏家與鑑賞家。1919年，他與建築師約翰·羅素·波普（John Russel Pope，國家美術館與傑佛遜紀念堂設計師）合作建造華府「子午線官邸」（Meridian House），被譽為美國最精美的法式風格都市建築之一。

官邸中陳設有勞林珍藏的東亞瓷器，以及十八世紀法國與義大利大師繪畫。其後多由女兒葛楚·勞林·錢勒（Gertrude Laughlin Chanler，1900–1973）捐贈予華盛頓國家美術館與洛杉磯蓋蒂博物館。

An Imperial Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 'Dragon' Bowl, Kangxi Six-Character Mark and of the Period清康熙 青花福壽雲龍紋盌《大清康熙年製》款

An Imperial Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 'Dragon' Bowl, Kangxi Six-Character Mark and of the Period
清康熙青花福壽雲龍紋盌《大清康熙年製》款