https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/27869/fullQuatrefoil Bowl with Kakiemon 'Twisted Dragon' Patternc.1750-1752Chelsea Porcelain ManufactoryOverall: 10.7 × 23.4 × 19.6 cm (4 3/16 × 9 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.)Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsPromised Gift from the Macdonald CollectionOrigin: EnglandT15.2.880A rare Chelsea quatrefoil bowl with Kakiemon 'Twisted Dragon' pattern of raised anchor period, shaped as a fluted weave basket. The interior is vibrantyly painted with polychrome enamels in the Kakiemom palette, the fierce dragon wrapped around a sagging bamboo tree, its autumnal leaves scattered across the centre of the bowl. A prunus plant bends towards a tiger looking upward at the dragon, its back arched and tail fluttered.
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