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10. A SMALL MIN G BLUE AND WHITE POR CEL AIN DOUBLE-GOURD
‘DR AGON’ VASE
Jiajing mark and of the period (1552–1566)
each spherical bulb decorated in rich dark underglaze cobalt-blue with four imperial five-claw
dragons shown leaping and writhing amidst clouds, forming borderless medallions on a honeycomb
diaper ground, the circular mouth and concave waist banded in white, the slightly recessed base
inscribed with the six-character reign mark in underglaze-blue.
Height 4¼ inches (10.8 cm)
Provenance Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings,
15 June 1983, lot 281
Ralph M. Chait Collection, New York
A very similar Ming Jiajing vase in the Percival David Collection, now in the British Museum, is illustrated by Medley,
Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art,
London, revised edition, 2004, p. 24, no. 611.
Compare also the Ming Jiajing small vase of this form decorated with five-claw dragons striding amidst cloud motifs,
without the honeycomb diaper ground, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji, Qinghua youlihong,
zhong (The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, II),
Hong Kong, 2000, p. 90, no. 84.
cɽྗཨϋႡಛcڡڀᎀήྠᎲ७ᘻʃଧc৷ 10.8 ᩶Ϸ
