A rare inscribed blue and white dragon-handled cup, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 青花萬壽齊天雙龍耳盃 《大明萬曆年製》款
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October 29, 07:27 AM GMT
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A rare inscribed blue and white dragon-handled cup,
Mark and period of Wanli
明萬曆 青花萬壽齊天雙龍耳盃
《大明萬曆年製》款
with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot, flanked by a pair of dragon-form handles, the exterior of the vessel painted with two pairs of confronting dragons soaring above rocks and waves, each beast rendered holding a pearl enclosing a character, forming wanshou qitian ('a myriad longevities, equal to heaven'), the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle, Japanese wood box
across handles 10.3 cm
Collection of Jihē Kanō (1862-1951), Hakutsuru Collection.
嘉納治兵衛（1862-1951年），白鶴收藏
Wanli cups with such form and decoration are rare. See a smaller example (9.6 cm) illustrated in Hasebe Gakuji and Sato Masahiko, Sekai toji zenshu / Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 11: Sui and T'ang dynasties, Tokyo, 1976, fig. 151; and again in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 967. Another example (8.9 cm) exhibited in Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 138.
此類盃甚為珍罕。可參考一較小類例（9.6公分），圖載於佐藤雅彥及長谷部樂爾，《世界陶磁全集》，卷11：隋．唐，東京，1976年，圖151；及《龍泉集芳》，繭山龍泉堂，卷1，東京，1976年，圖版967。另一例（8.9公分）展覽並載錄於《歷代文物萃珍：敏求精舍三十週年紀念展》，香港藝術館，香港，1990年，編號138。
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