A VERY RARE IRON-RED-DECORATED SGRAFFIATO 'DRAGON' CUP AND SAUCER

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A VERY RARE IRON-RED-DECORATED SGRAFFIATO 'DRAGON' CUP AND SAUCER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cup is decorated with two iron-red five-clawed dragons above foaming waves on a white-enameled sgraffiato ground incised with waves. The saucer has a shou medallion within a raised rim in the center, encircled by two five-clawed dragons on a white-enameled sgraffiato ground and there are two further dragons on the underside.
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam. the saucer; 2 3/5 in. (6 cm.) diam. the cup, two cloth boxes

Lot Essay

A similar iron-red and sgraffiato 'dragon' cup and saucer is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 276-77, no. 9, and another cup, lacking a saucer, also in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Gutao Ciziliao Xuancui, Beijing, 2005, p. 255, no. 225.

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