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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK GENTLEMAN VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A LARGE FAHUA `DRAGON' JAR, GUAN A VERY RARE PAIR OF LARGE INCISED WHITE-GLAZED VASES
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)
The vessel is decorated with a continuous scene of two pairs of dragons One vase is incised with dragons contesting a flaming pearl below a band
contesting a flaming pearl above waves, below ruyi-shaped panels containing of phoenixes amidst floral scroll. The other vase is decorated with carp
phoenixes alternating with flower sprays. The decoration is outlined in raised swimming amidst lotus and other aquatic plants below a band of lotus scroll.
slip and picked out in pale aubergine, cream, and yellow, all on a turquoise Both are covered overall with a white glaze that stops short of the foot rim that
ground. The interior is covered with a green glaze. has been left unglazed to expose the ware burnt orange in the firing.
13Ω in. (34.3 cm.) high 24 in. (61 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000 $25,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
紐約仕紳珍藏 Japanese private collection.
明十五/十六世紀 法華雙龍戲珠紋大罐
A pair of gold bottles and covers of similar shape excavated from the
Dingling Mausoleum, where the Wanli Emperor, together with his two
empresses Wang Xijie and Dowager Xiaojing, were buried, is illustrated in
Catalogue of Relics from the Dingling Mausoleum, Beijing, 2006, no. 11, plates
6.9 and 6.10.

明嘉靖 白釉劃花大瓶一對
來源:
日本私人珍藏

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