Lot n° 185
Estimation :
1500 - 2000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 2 900EUR
Blue and eggplant enameled stoneware urn featuring two drago - Lot 185
Blue and eggplant enameled stoneware urn featuring two dragons in clouds facing each other around an inscribed Buddhist plaque. It stands on a tripod base topped with eggplant and green enameled lotus petals.
The inscription reads:
大明成化元年姚文公之位 Dà Míng Chéng Huà Yuán Nián yáowén Gōng zhī Wèi,
could be translated as:
the first year of the Chenghua era (1465) of the great Ming, under the authority of the lord of literature Yao.
It is most likely a gift to a temple.
The urn may be incomplete and a removable neck missing.
China, Ming period (1368-1644)
Height of urn: 27 cm
Base height: 10.5 cm
(incomplete)
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