A blue and white dragon jar. Ming dynasty, late Jiajing/early Wanli era, around 1550-75 - image-1
A blue and white dragon jar. Ming dynasty, late Jiajing/early Wanli era, around 1550-75 - image-2
A blue and white dragon jar. Ming dynasty, late Jiajing/early Wanli era, around 1550-75 - image-1A blue and white dragon jar. Ming dynasty, late Jiajing/early Wanli era, around 1550-75 - image-2

Lot 167 Dα

A blue and white dragon jar. Ming dynasty, late Jiajing/early Wanli era, around 1550-75

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 5.544 € (incl. premium)
Print page
Watchlist

A blue and white dragon jar. Ming dynasty, late Jiajing/early Wanli era, around 1550-75

Ovoid jar on footring with short narrow neck. Decorated in underglaze blue with two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl. Lotus vines on the shoulder. Rim frits.
Height 22 cm

明 嘉靖末年/萬曆初期
青花龍紋水罐
來源： 柏林私人收藏，1983年7月20日購於柏林商人Ruth Schmidt處

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin, acquired on 20.7.1983 from Ruth Schmidt, Berlin

Literature

Compare jars of similar shape form in: John Ayers & Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Vol. II, London 1986, p. 705