An incised green-enamelled 'dragon' bowl & an incised green-enamelled 'dragon' dish, Zhengde marks and period
Lot 2874. An incised green-enamelled 'dragon' bowl, Zhengde six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1506-1520); 16.5 cm diam. Price realised HKD 189,000 (Estimate HKD 120,000 – HKD 180,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024
Note: See a closely related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2009, no. 70; a bowl of this design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated in S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, no. 156; and another from the collection of Sir Percival David, now in the British Museum, London, is published in Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, London, 1978, no. 106.
Lot 2875. An incised green-enamelled 'dragon' dish, Zhengde six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1506-1520); 22.3 cm diam. Price realised HKD 327,600 (Estimate HKD 120,000 – HKD 180,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024
Provenance: Offered at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2014, lot 175
Note: Compare a slightly larger example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2009., no. 71; and another from the Leshantang Colletion, sold at Hong Kong Sotheby’s, 9 April 2024, lot 112.
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2024