CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED RECTANGULAR 'DRAGON' TILE
MING DYNASTY OR LATER
£4,788
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明或以後 黃地綠釉刻雙龍戲珠圖磚
of trapezoidal rectangular form, the top incised with two confronting dragons contesting for a flaming pearl amidst flaming clouds, the decorations enamelled in green, all against a yellow ground suffused with craquelure
Dimensions
21.5cm wide x 27.8cm high x 3.4cm deep
Provenance
Formerly in a Private European collection
前歐洲私人舊藏
Footnote
A comparable tile is in the Percival David Foundation, British Museum, and is illustrated by M. Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1978, pl. IV, no. 35, where it is dated Ming, 16th century, registration number PDF.703; Another one is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, dated to the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, accession number C.760-1925; Also compare to a similar tile, dated to Zhengde-Jiajing period, sold at Christie's New York, 20 Sep 2024, lot 1044.