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DRAGONS FROM THE EMPIRE - IMPERIAL CERAMICS FROM THE YIDETANG COLLECTION
龍行皇天 - 藝德堂珍藏御製陶瓷
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ 元 青花龍紋執壺
EWER 來源
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) 倫敦蘇富比，1999 年 6 月 16 日，拍品 787 號
The pear-shaped ewer is painted with a three-clawed dragon in
pursuit of a pearl, with its bifurcated tail supporting a flaming 龍紋為元青花經典紋飾之一，多見於瓶、高足盃等器形，於執壺上十分
pearl. The curved spout is painted with a classic scroll on each side 罕見。參考上海博物館藏龍紋高足盃及青州市博物館藏玉壺春瓶上之龍
and connected to the neck with an openwork s-shaped form strut, 紋造型，與本執壺所飾相若，見上海博物館展覽《幽蘭神采 - 元代青花
opposite to the loop handle applied with a lug at the top. 瓷器特集》，上海，2012 年，圖版 21、66。
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) high, box 器形相似但紋飾不同的執壺可參考蓮池鴛鴦紋一例，載於《Chinese

PROVENANCE Porcelain Collections in the Near East, Topkapi and Ardebil》，卷一，香港，
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 16 June 1999, lot 787 1981 年，頁 37（上）；折枝花卉紋一例，2011 年 5 月 11 日於倫敦蘇富
比拍賣，拍品 138 號。
HK$800,000-1,500,000 US$110,000-190,000

It is rare to find a Yuan ewer painted with dragons. Similar dragon motif
is more often found on stem bowls and vases of the Yuan dynasty, see
for example, a stem bowl in the Shanghai Museum, and a yuhuchunping
in the Qingzhou Museum, included in the exhibition Splendors in Smalt:
Art of Yuan Blue-and white Porcelain, Shanghai, 2012, no. 21 and no. 66,
respectively.
For Yuan ewers of this form but painted with a different design, see
an example painted with lotus pond illustrated in Mitsugi, Chinese
Porcelain Collections in the Near East, Topkapi and Ardebil, Hong Kong,
1981, vol. I, p. 37 top; and another painted with floral sprays, sold at
Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2011, lot 138.

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