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propertY From the CoLLeCtIon oF roBert YoUnGman Jiajing bowls of this large size and decorated with
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ BOWL underglaze-blue dragons are rare. For closely related
JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD examples, see a nearly identical Jiajing mark and period
bowl, from the collection of Ichiro hayashibara, sold in our
the deep, rounded sides sweeping up from a slightly tapered hong Kong rooms, 9th october 2012, lot 3063; another,
foot to an everted rim, the exterior painted in bright cobalt roughly this size but with a scrolling peony ground and a
tones with two five-clawed dragons each in pursuit of a lappet band, sold in the same rooms, 4th april 2012, lot 3161;
‘flaming pearl’, their long sinuous bodies covered in scales and a second of that type sold in our London rooms, 9th
and accented with a ridged spine, amid clouds and flame november 2016, lot 122. Compare also a bowl of similar form
scrolls, a band of ruyi heads bordering the foot, the interior and size to the present example, but painted with phoenix
unadorned, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze amongst flower scrolls above the ruyi band, in the palace
blue within a double circle museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Diameter 12¼ in., 31.1 cm Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain
with Underglazed Red, vol. II, shanghai, 2000, pl. 142.
PROVENANCE
$ 40,000-60,000
Collection of nancy (1915-2005) and Ira m. (1912-2004)
Koger.
ralph m. Chait Galleries, new York. 明嘉靖 青花雲龍趕珠紋大盌
EXHIBITED 《大明嘉靖年製》款
Inaugural Exhibition of the Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art, 來源
middlebury College museum of art, middlebury, Vermont, Nancy (1915-2005) 及 Ira M. (1912-2004) Koger 收藏
september 2005.
middlebury College museum of art, middlebury, Vermont, Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約
February 2008. 展覽
《Inaugural Exhibition of the Robert F. Reiff Gallery
LITERATURE
of Asian Art》，明德大學藝術博物館，米德爾堡，
John ayers, Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection, 佛蒙特州，2005年9月
London, 1985, pl. 57.
明德大學藝術博物館，米德爾堡，佛蒙特州，
2008年2月
出版
John Ayers，《Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection》，
倫敦，1985年，圖版57

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