Skip to main content
Bonhams
Search

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

A STRING OF FORTY-FIVE ASSORTED MIXED-METAL OJIME FASTENERS Japan, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century,
A PAIR OF LARGE TANG-STYLE PAINTED WOOD HORSES China, early 20th century

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

A TURQUOISE BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE China, 18th/19th century,
TWO MAKIE-E LACQUER TEA BOWL STANDS Japan, late Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century,
A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF LI BAI China,
A rare Chinese group of the Tyrolean Dancers, Qianlong period, circa 1752
A WHITE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE Korea, Yi dynasty,
A WHITE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE Korea, Yi dynasty,
FOUR CHINESE YIXING WARES Late Qing dynasty - 20th century
FIVE BURMESE AND THAI GILTWOOD FIGURES OF BUDDHA Late 19th/20th century
TWO JAPANESE CELADON GLAZED STUDIO CERAMICS
Huang Shanshou (1855-1919) Dragons in Clouds
Birodo Yuzen Meiji era (1868-1912)
TWO JAPANESE BRONZE SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS Meiji/Taisho era
A KOREAN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'GRAPEVINE' GLOBULAR JAR Late Joseon dynasty
A JAPANESE SIX-PANEL 'FARM SCENE' FOLDING SCREEN Late 19th/early 20th century
A KOREAN FOUR-PANEL 'PEONIES AND CALLIGRAPHY' FOLDING SCREEN Late Joseon dynasty
AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL 'LADIES' SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN 1919
A CHINESE YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century
A FAMILLE-ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN COVERED BALUSTER JAR 18th/19th century
A PAINTED LACQUERED-WOOD FOUR-DOOR CABINET Early 20th century
A SIXTY THREE-PLATE SUJIBACHI KABUTO HELMET Japan, late Muromachi period (1333-1573),
A MOUNTED WAKIZASHI Japan, Edo period, 19th century,
Previous Lot
Next Lot
A YELLOW-GLAZED 'DRAGON' CUP Kangxi six-character mark and of the period image 1
A YELLOW-GLAZED 'DRAGON' CUP Kangxi six-character mark and of the period image 2
Lot 572

A YELLOW-GLAZED 'DRAGON' CUP
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period

A Life in Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection of Chinese Art
31 October – 10 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

Sold for £15,360 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A YELLOW-GLAZED 'DRAGON' CUP

Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, applied with two loop handles, the body incised with two roundels of five-clawed dragon pursuing flaming pearls, covered in an egg-yolk-yellow glaze except for the base glazed white with underglaze-blue mark within a double circle. 7.2cm (2 7/8in) wide.

Footnotes

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清康熙 黃釉暗刻團龍紋雙耳小杯
青花「大清乾隆年製」楷書款

Provenance: acquired from a London private collection, in January 2009 (collector's notes)

Published and Illustrated: M.White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection, vol.2, n.p., 2021, p.18

來源：獲得於倫敦私人收藏，2009年1月（藏家筆記）

著錄：M.White，《Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection》，第二冊，無出版地，2021年，第18頁

In China, yellow was an Imperial colour reserved for the Eperor and for official use. The iron-yellow glaze (鐵黃 tiehuang) was particularly difficult to produce, requiring firing at around 1000°C, which was much higher than other overglaze enamels, making it both technically demanding and symbolically prestigious. See a very similar cup, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, illustrated by R.Scott, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, p.27, no.588. For a similar yellow-glazed double-handled cup, Kangxi six-character mark, but with a band of archaistic chilong, see He Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, p.277.

A related yellow-glazed incised 'dragon' handled cup, Kangxi mark and of the period, was sold at Sotheby's London, 3 November 2021, lot 6.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A STRING OF FORTY-FIVE ASSORTED MIXED-METAL OJIME FASTENERS Japan, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century,
A PAIR OF LARGE TANG-STYLE PAINTED WOOD HORSES China, early 20th century
A TURQUOISE BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE China, 18th/19th century,
TWO MAKIE-E LACQUER TEA BOWL STANDS Japan, late Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century,
A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF LI BAI China,
A rare Chinese group of the Tyrolean Dancers, Qianlong period, circa 1752
A WHITE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE Korea, Yi dynasty,
A WHITE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE Korea, Yi dynasty,
FOUR CHINESE YIXING WARES Late Qing dynasty - 20th century
FIVE BURMESE AND THAI GILTWOOD FIGURES OF BUDDHA Late 19th/20th century
TWO JAPANESE CELADON GLAZED STUDIO CERAMICS
Huang Shanshou (1855-1919) Dragons in Clouds
Birodo Yuzen Meiji era (1868-1912)
TWO JAPANESE BRONZE SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS Meiji/Taisho era
A KOREAN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'GRAPEVINE' GLOBULAR JAR Late Joseon dynasty
A JAPANESE SIX-PANEL 'FARM SCENE' FOLDING SCREEN Late 19th/early 20th century
A KOREAN FOUR-PANEL 'PEONIES AND CALLIGRAPHY' FOLDING SCREEN Late Joseon dynasty
AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL 'LADIES' SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN 1919
A CHINESE YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century
A FAMILLE-ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN COVERED BALUSTER JAR 18th/19th century
A PAINTED LACQUERED-WOOD FOUR-DOOR CABINET Early 20th century
A SIXTY THREE-PLATE SUJIBACHI KABUTO HELMET Japan, late Muromachi period (1333-1573),
A MOUNTED WAKIZASHI Japan, Edo period, 19th century,