A VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOULDED 'DRAGON' STEMCUP, GAOZU WAN
YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOULDED 'DRAGON' STEMCUP, GAOZU WAN YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH CENTURY The upright sides fluidly and expertly painted in vibrant tones of purplish underglaze-blue with a three-clawed dragon purposefully striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' between single line borders in a contrasting blue of paler tone, and on the interior with a narrow band of classic scroll at the everted rim and an eight-petalled floret to the centre, the well decorated in crisp slip decoration with two four-clawed dragons chasing after further 'flaming pearls', the whole raised on a horizontally ribbed and spreading stem 4 3/8 in. (10.9 cm.) diam., box
A VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOULDED 'DRAGON' STEMCUP, GAOZU WAN
YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOULDED 'DRAGON' STEMCUP, GAOZU WAN YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH CENTURY The upright sides fluidly and expertly painted in vibrant tones of purplish underglaze-blue with a three-clawed dragon purposefully striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' between single line borders in a contrasting blue of paler tone, and on the interior with a narrow band of classic scroll at the everted rim and an eight-petalled floret to the centre, the well decorated in crisp slip decoration with two four-clawed dragons chasing after further 'flaming pearls', the whole raised on a horizontally ribbed and spreading stem 4 3/8 in. (10.9 cm.) diam., box
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