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An extremely rare and superbly painted blue and white 'dragon' jar and cover, Yuan dynasty | 元 青花雲龍紋蓋罐

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sturdily potted with high shoulders tapering to a gently waisted foot, the exterior superbly decorated in rich cobalt-blue tones and powerfully decorated with a lengthy four-clawed dragon soaring through ruyi clouds above a border of crashing waves encircling the foot, all below a pendent lappet frieze enclosing Buddhist emblems around the shoulder and a band of waves encircling the neck, the base unglazed, the lotus-leaf cover surmounted by a small curled stem and adorned with thick irregular veins branching out from the centre to the undulating rim

overall h. 36 cm

Offered at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5th November 1997, lot 1357 and back cover.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 2000, lot 650.

來源

上拍於香港蘇富比1997年11月5日,編號1357及封底

香港蘇富比2000年5月2日,編號650

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