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Property from the Ezekiel Collection

A fine incised yellow-glazed 'dragon' handled cup, Mark and period of Kangxi | 清康熙 黃釉暗刻雙龍戲珠紋雙耳小盃 《大清康熙年製》款

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November 3, 05:23 PM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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Property from the Ezekiel Collection

A fine incised yellow-glazed 'dragon' handled cup

Mark and period of Kangxi

清康熙 黃釉暗刻雙龍戲珠紋雙耳小盃 《大清康熙年製》款


delicately potted, the rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, flanked by a pair of upright loop handles, the exterior finely incised with two sinuous five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', all under a translucent egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double-circle

Width across the handles 7.5 cm, 3 in.

Presumably Yamanaka & Co., London, 6th March 1914.

Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).

應於1914年3月6日購自倫敦山中商會

Marcus Ezekiel（1854-1927年）收藏

Compare a similar cup in the Sir Percival David Collection, now in the British Museum, London, published in Margaret Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch’ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, section 6, London, 1973, no. A593; and another, formerly in the collections of Henry M. Knight and T. Y. Chao, sold in our New York rooms, 22nd September 2020, lot 101.