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A LARGE FAHUA TWO-PART TILEWORK ‘DRAGON’
FRIEZE
Ming Dynasty
The powerful frieze depicting a long yellow writhing dragon
amidst leafy foliate scrolls, each part 54cm (21 1/4in) wide,
stands; together with a pair of lead-glazed pottery figures of
tribute bearers, Ming dynasty, the taller 50.3cm (19 3/4in) high.
(6).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明 琺華釉遊龍紋磚一組兩件 及 三彩侍者一對

Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 13 July 2005, lot 429 (frieze)
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來源：倫敦蘇富比，2005年7月13日，拍品編號429
（遊龍紋磚）

Glazed friezes of dragons would have often adorned walls of
temples. See a related example of ‘dragon’ tiles, opposite the
entrance to Wenmiao temple in Taiyuan, Ming dynasty, illustrated
by C.Eng, Colours and Contrast: Ceramic Traditions in Chinese
Architecture, Leiden and Boston, 2015, p.209.

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AN AMBER-GLAZED MODEL OF AN UPRIGHT CABINET
Ming Dynasty
Of rectangular shape, moulded with an elegantly protruding-top
set above two single panelled doors fitted with an ogee three-
part rectangular lock plate, above a pair of drawers and a plain
narrow apron with shaped spandrels.
26cm (10 1/4in) high.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明 褐黃釉微縮立櫃

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