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A VERY RARE IRON-RED-DECORATED SGRAFFIATO ‘DRAGON’ CUP AND SAUCER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)

The cup is decorated with two iron-red fve-clawed dragons above foaming waves on a white-enameled
sgrafiato ground incised with waves. The saucer has a shou medallion within a raised rim in the center,
encircled by two fve-clawed dragons on a white-enameled sgrafiato ground and there are two further
dragons on the underside.

4æ in. (12 cm.) diam. the saucer; 2Ω in. (6 cm.) diam. the cup, two cloth boxes (2)
$80,000-120,000

A similar iron-red and sgrafiato ‘dragon’ cup and saucer is illustrated in Selected Porcelain of the
Flourishing Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 276-77, no. 9, and another cup, lacking a saucer, also in
the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Gutao Ciziliao Xuancui, Beijing, 2005, p.
255, no. 225.

清乾隆 軋道礬紅加金彩龍紋小盃連托 雙方框六字楷書款

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