Lot Essay
The mark on the base of the iron-red-decorated bowl may be translated: '(Made for) the Qing Family dining hall'.
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MING CERAMICS
An Iron-Red-Decorated Dragon Bowl
LATE MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
Details
An Iron-Red-Decorated Dragon Bowl
Late Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619)
The exterior vigorously painted with a pair of scaly, five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, all within double-line borders, the interior undecorated save for double-line borders around the rim, the base with a five-character inscription, Qing Fu dian shansuo; together with a small wucai-decorated baluster jar and cover painted with a pair of playful lions romping in a broad band of scrolling peony
5 1/8in. (13.2cm.) diam.; the jar and cover 4 5/8in. (12cm.) high
Bowl: Falk Collection no. 281. (2)
Late Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619)
The exterior vigorously painted with a pair of scaly, five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, all within double-line borders, the interior undecorated save for double-line borders around the rim, the base with a five-character inscription, Qing Fu dian shansuo; together with a small wucai-decorated baluster jar and cover painted with a pair of playful lions romping in a broad band of scrolling peony
5 1/8in. (13.2cm.) diam.; the jar and cover 4 5/8in. (12cm.) high
Bowl: Falk Collection no. 281. (2)
Further details
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