Provenance
Lally & Co., New York, no. X1995, with their label to the base.
The collection of Helen and Peter Thompson, collection no. 141.
Marchant, London, with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2014, according to the owner's inventory notes.
Exhibited and published:
Marchant, London, included in their May 2014 exhibition of 'Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing', and published in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 32-34, no. 16. Also illustrated in their 2025 publication 'One Hundred Years', vol II, p. 230, no 1453.
Description
The bowl with upright sides rising from a slightly tapered, gently inverted foot, finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue with four lobed medallions alternating between sinuous five-clawed dragons and phoenixes, all reserved against a ground of scrolling lingzhi clouds. The interior is centred with a floral medallion enclosed within a ruyi-head border and double rings, beneath a narrow band of interlocking scrolling branches below the rim.
此碗直壁，下承微收而略內斂的圈足。外壁以青花繪四組花瓣形開光，內飾蜿蜒矯健的五爪龍與鳳凰，彼此相間，開光外滿繪纏枝靈芝雲紋。碗心繪團花，外環如意雲頭紋及青花雙圈，內壁近口沿處飾一道相互勾連的纏枝紋。
Lot 124
A Chinese blue and white 'Dragon' bowl
Jiajing mark and of the period
Dia.: 12,9 cm - H.: 6,7 cm
Hammer price incl. commission
€ 41.600
This lot was sold on 4 September 2026, 2 PM (CEST) and is no longer available
Provenance
Lally & Co., New York, no. X1995, with their label to the base.
The collection of Helen and Peter Thompson, collection no. 141.
Marchant, London, with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2014, according to the owner's inventory notes.
Exhibited and published:
Marchant, London, included in their May 2014 exhibition of 'Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing', and published in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 32-34, no. 16. Also illustrated in their 2025 publication 'One Hundred Years', vol II, p. 230, no 1453.
