18 juillet 2019
A rare and unusual blue and white and enameled cup, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566)
Lot 326. A rare and unusual blue and white and enameled cup, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566). Diameter 3 1/4 in., 8.3 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 68,750 USD.© Sotheby's
the deep sides rising from a short foot, painted on the exterior with sprays of aubergine-colored berries with leaves, all within double-blue line borders, the center of the interior with an underglaze blue dragon medallion, six-character mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1980s, and thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013
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