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A BLUE AND WHITE QUATREFOIL HANDLED 明嘉靖 青花團龍紋海棠式耳盃
CUP 《嘉靖年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING
來源：
well potted with a shapely quatrefoil body flaring to a galleried John Sparks Ltd，倫敦
rim of corresponding form, all supported on a tall circular foot 艾弗瑞．克拉克（1873-1950年）收藏，編號667
with rounded edges, flanked by a pair of handles modelled in
the form of stylised mythical creatures extending to the foot,
the body decorated with two coiling kui dragons wreathed
by curling scrolls issuing dense foliage and lotus blooms
picked out with wan stamens, all between a key-fret band
encircling the rim, the foot with two pairs of mythical beasts
flanking a shou medallion against a dense leiwen ground, the
countersunk base inscribed with a four-character reign mark
9 cm, 3½ in.
PROVENANCE
John Sparks Ltd, London.
Collection of Alfred Clark(1873-1950), no. 667.
HK$ 150,000-200,000 Mark
US$ 19,400-25,800
260 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
