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78 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 14 MARCH 2017 MING: THE INTERVENTION OF IMPERIAL TASTE
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE MOLDED
YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ STEMBOWL
JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD
nely potted, the wide ared bowl resting on a narrow
stem splaying toward the base, lightly molded to the
interior with two ve-clawed dragons striding in pursuit of
‘ aming pearls’, applied overall with a smooth, rich egg-yolk
yellow glaze, the interior of the stem reserved in white and
inscribed in underglaze blue with the evenly spaced six-
character mark under a transparent glaze
Diameter 6 in., 15.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of C. Philip Cardeiro (1930-2014), California.
C. Philip Cardeiro (1930-2014)
$ 60,000-80,000
