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A SUPERB AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 元 青花模印趕珠雲龍紋高足盃
MOULDED ‘DRAGON’ STEM CUP
YUAN DYNASTY 「玉」字
the wide, flared cup with rounded sides rising to an everted 來源：
rim, supported on a hollow splayed stem with horizontal 史蒂芬．瓊肯三世（Stephen Junkunc III，1905-1978
bamboo-node ridges emphasised by incised lines, the 年）收藏
interior crisply moulded around the well with two four-clawed 香港佳士得1993年10月25日，編號718
dragons striding among flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl,
one with the character yu (jade) in front of its foremost 展覽：
claw, set around a central medallion boldly painted in an 《Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty》，費城
outstanding shade of dark cobalt blue with a chrysanthemum 藝術博物館，費城，1949年，編號4
spray within a moulded double-line border, all under a classic
scroll at the rim, the exterior decorated in underglaze blue
with a single three-clawed dragon with wide open jaws, a
slender undulating body and scales finely detailed by cross-
hatching, emitting flames and chasing a pearl between
single line borders, the cup applied overall with a smooth
transparent glaze slightly tinged to blue and thinning to white
on the moulded designs on the interior, the interior of the
stem and footring left unglazed and fired pale orange
d. 11.5 cm, 4½ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc III (1905-1978).
Christie’s Hong Kong, 25th October 1993, lot 718.

EXHIBITED
Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1949, cat. no. 4.

HK$ 6,000,000-8,000,000
US$ 765,000-1,020,000

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