Lot Essay
A slightly smaller bowl (12 in.) of this shape with similar decoration, also Jiajing mark and period, is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 105, no. 80.
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JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Details
A RARE LARGE IRON-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The deep rounded sides flaring at the rim, the exterior decorated with eight five-clawed dragons leaping in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst clouds, above a band of breaking waves and a border of ruyi heads, the base of the interior painted with a similar single dragon medallion within a double circle below a double blue-line border at the rim
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) diam.
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The deep rounded sides flaring at the rim, the exterior decorated with eight five-clawed dragons leaping in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst clouds, above a band of breaking waves and a border of ruyi heads, the base of the interior painted with a similar single dragon medallion within a double circle below a double blue-line border at the rim
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
John Sparks, London, 1936.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.