The Property of a European Lady
A blue and white stem cup
Jiajing six-character mark and of the period
Typically painted around the exterior beneath a turned-over rim with two five-clawed dragons, their backs incised with simulated scales, striding in mutual pursuit of a flaming pearl trailing a long fire scroll, above scattered cloud coils and a band of cloud-collar lappets, the interior with a central roundel of a full-faced five-clawed dragon, the mark written in blue within the hollow foot.
10.5cm (4¼in) high
Typically painted around the exterior beneath a turned-over rim with two five-clawed dragons, their backs incised with simulated scales, striding in mutual pursuit of a flaming pearl trailing a long fire scroll, above scattered cloud coils and a band of cloud-collar lappets, the interior with a central roundel of a full-faced five-clawed dragon, the mark written in blue within the hollow foot.
10.5cm (4¼in) high
Sold for
£21,600
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: S.Marchant & Son, London (label)
A European private collection
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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