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A RARE MING-STYLE INCISED
AND GREEN-ENAMELLED
‘DRAGON’ VASE, MEIPING
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is rising from a slightly flared foot to a high
rounded shoulder, surmounted by a short neck and
lipped rim, boldly incised and brightly enamelled in
green with two pairs of dragons pursuing the flaming
pearls, above two further dragons among scattered
cloud scrolls, and with traces of lightly incised anhua
decoration.
15Ω in. (39.5 cm.) high, box
HK$1,000,000-2,000,000
US$130,000-260,000
PROVENANCE
The H.M. Knight (d. 1971) Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 21-21 May 1980, lot
212
Ralph M. Chait Gallery, New York (according to
label)
The shape and unusual decoration of this meiping are
based on Ming prototypes such as the example with
a Hongzhi mark in the British Museum, illustrated by
S. Jenyns, in Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1953,
pl. 76B. Compare to a Kangxi mark and period green-
enamelled ‘dragon’ bowl in the Palace Museum collection,
illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang gutaoci ziliao
xuancui, Volume 2, Beijing, 2005, p. 103, no. 81 (fig. 1).

清康熙 白釉綠彩暗刻龍紋梅瓶
來源
H.M. Knight 舊藏
香港蘇富比，1980 年 5 月 21-22 日，拍品 212 號
Ralph M. Chait Gallery，紐約（據標籤）

白地綠彩龍紋瓷器於明中期流行。比較一件大英博物館藏
弘治款白地綠彩龍紋梅瓶，見 S. Jenyns 著《Ming Pottery
and Porcelain》，倫敦，1953 年，圖版 76B。另見北京故
宮博物院藏一例弘治款綠彩雙龍戲珠紋盤，見《明代弘治
正德御窯瓷器》，北京，2017 年，圖版 54 號。此品類延
續至清代，器型多為盌、盤。參閱康熙款白釉綠彩雲龍紋
大盌，見《故宮博物院藏 古陶瓷資料選萃》，卷二，北京，
2005 年，103 頁，81 號（圖一）。如本拍品之梅瓶則更為
稀罕。

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品
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