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TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY
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A SMALL MOLDED 'DRAGON' BOWL
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY
The small bowl, with steeply rounded sides and a gently flaring rim, is molded in the interior with two four-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl above waves and a leaping carp in the center. All but the brown-dressed rim is covered in a blue-tinged glaze.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) diam., silk box
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY
The small bowl, with steeply rounded sides and a gently flaring rim, is molded in the interior with two four-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl above waves and a leaping carp in the center. All but the brown-dressed rim is covered in a blue-tinged glaze.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) diam., silk box
Provenance
The Lord Cunliffe Collection, no. PM71.
Bluett & Sons, Ltd., London, 1987.
Collection of Julia and John Curtis.
Bluett & Sons, Ltd., London, 1987.
Collection of Julia and John Curtis.
Literature
'Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948-49, Vol. 24, pl. 30, no. 218 (a pair).
Exhibited
Oriental Ceramic Society, London, Ming Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 27 October-18 December 1948, no. 218.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina
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