A pair of blue-glazed dragon bowls. Ming dynasty, around 1640 - image-1
A pair of blue-glazed dragon bowls. Ming dynasty, around 1640 - image-2
A pair of blue-glazed dragon bowls. Ming dynasty, around 1640 - image-1A pair of blue-glazed dragon bowls. Ming dynasty, around 1640 - image-2

Lot 132 Dα

A pair of blue-glazed dragon bowls. Ming dynasty, around 1640

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 2.200 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.276 € (incl. premium)

A pair of blue-glazed dragon bowls. Ming dynasty, around 1640

With steeply rounded wall, the outer wall engraved with two four-clawed dragons chasing the flame pearl between clouds and flames. Brown glazed lip, old paper labels. (2)
Height 9.2 and 8.2 cm, diameter 18.2 and 18 cm

明 約一六四O年左右
藍釉暗刻龍紋碗一對
來源:中國香港Axel Vervoordt收藏
船長Michael Hatcher收藏,售於阿姆斯特丹1984年3月14日佳士得拍賣

Provenance

Axel Vervoordt collection, Hong Kong
Captain Michael Hatcher, auctioned at Christie's Amsterdam, on 14.3.1984

Literature

Cf. Colin Sheaf & Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes. The Complete Record. Oxford: Phaidon, 1988, p. 79