A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' WINE CUP
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A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' WINE CUP

DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' WINE CUP
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The wine cup is potted with deep rounded walls rising to a flared rim, supported on a short foot. The exterior is delicately enamelled with two five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls above crested waves.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
A private English collection, purchased from S. Marchant & Son Ltd., 7 May 1971.
Sotheby's London, 8 November 2006, lot 484.
Special notice
VAT rate of 20% is payable on hammer price and buyer's premium

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Lot Essay

A similar wine cup is illustrated by Gerald Davison in The Handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics, London, 1994, p. 17, no. 13.

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