'dragon' stemcup

Lot 280. An incised white-glazed dragon' stemcup, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908). Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 HKD. Lot sold 32,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's finely incised with a pair of confronting dragons vying for a 'flaming pearl' above tempestuous waves, the foot decorated with cloud scrolls and flames, covered overall in a white glaze, the interior incised with a six-character apocryphal Qianlong reign mark; 14.2 cm., 5 1/2  in.  Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Dec... [Lire la suite]

A very rare underglaze-blue moulded 'dragon' stemcup, gaozu wan. Yuan-early Ming dynasty, late 14th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The upright sides fluidly and expertly painted in vibrant tones of purplish underglaze-blue with a three-clawed dragon purposefully striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' between single line borders in a contrasting blue of paler tone, and on the interior with a narrow band of classic scroll at the everted rim and an eight-petalled floret to the centre, the well decorated in crisp slip... [Lire la suite]