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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
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AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE IRON-
RED DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘MYTHICAL
SEA CREATURES’ STEM CUP
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The cup and solid stem foot are decorated in underglaze blue with
twelve mythical sea creatures leaping amidst and above a ground
of crested waves painted in iron red, the nine creatures on the
cup including a large winged dragon that separates the others,
which are arranged in two registers, the three creatures on the foot
positioned above a row of blue ‘rocks’. The centre of the interior is
inscribed with the six-character reign mark within a double circle.
The base is flat and unglazed, revealing the white biscuit body.
3 √ in. (9.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
HK$10,000,000-15,000,000 US$1,300,000-1,900,000
PROVENANCE
Andrew L. and Amanda Adams Love Collection, New York
Sold at Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 251

明宣德 青花礬紅海獸波濤紋高足盃 雙圈六字楷書款
來源
Andrew L及Amanda Adams Love伉儷珍藏，紐約
紐約佳士得，2005年9月20日，拍品251號

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