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A green and red glazed porcelain dish with five clawed dragons, Ming dynasty, Jiajing (1522-1566).

Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 670 - 3 560 EUR
2 720 - 3 630 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A green and red glazed porcelain dish with five clawed dragons, Ming dynasty, Jiajing (1522-1566).

Decorated with two dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. The reverse rim also decorated with five clawed dragons chasing the pearl. Underglaze blue mark. Diameter 15,3 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

Swedish private collection.

Literature

Compare dish in The Oriental Ceramic Society, China without Dragons: Rare pieces from Oriental Ceramics Society Members. Page 287.

Adrian M. Joseph; Ming porcelains. Their Origins and Development, London 1971, pl 80. Also from the Pilkington Collection.

L Reidemeister, Ming-Porzzellane in Schwedishen Sammlungen, Berlin, 1935, pl. 32. Compare dish in this colour in the Collections of A Lundgren and Hans Öström.