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Auction archive: Lot number 3310

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY PAINTED ANHUA-DECORATED BLUE ...

Estimate
HK$60,000,000 - HK$80,000,000
ca. US$7,735,800 - US$10,314,400
Price realised:
HK$68,860,000
ca. US$8,878,119
Auction archive: Lot number 3310

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY PAINTED ANHUA-DECORATED BLUE ...

Estimate
HK$60,000,000 - HK$80,000,000
ca. US$7,735,800 - US$10,314,400
Price realised:
HK$68,860,000
ca. US$8,878,119
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY PAINTED ANHUA- DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ STEM BOWL
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY PAINTED ANHUA- DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ STEM BOWL XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) The exterior of the bowl is superbly painted in brilliant tones of cobalt blue depicting two ferocious five-clawed dragons, one charging forward, the other looking back, above four peaks at the cardinal points alternating with four lower peaks, the stem foot decorated with four further peaks rising above cresting waves, all above a delicately pencilled ground of rolling waves in softer tones of blue. The interior of the bowl is incised in anhua decoration with two five-clawed dragons in similar poses as those on the exterior. The interior centre is inscribed with the reign mark in underglaze blue. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., box

Auction archive: Lot number 3310
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY PAINTED ANHUA- DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ STEM BOWL
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY PAINTED ANHUA- DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ STEM BOWL XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) The exterior of the bowl is superbly painted in brilliant tones of cobalt blue depicting two ferocious five-clawed dragons, one charging forward, the other looking back, above four peaks at the cardinal points alternating with four lower peaks, the stem foot decorated with four further peaks rising above cresting waves, all above a delicately pencilled ground of rolling waves in softer tones of blue. The interior of the bowl is incised in anhua decoration with two five-clawed dragons in similar poses as those on the exterior. The interior centre is inscribed with the reign mark in underglaze blue. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., box

Auction archive: Lot number 3310
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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