Lot description
the wide, flared cup with rounded sides, supported on a hollow splayed stem with horizontal bamboo-node ridges emphasised by incised lines, the interior crisply moulded around the well with two four-clawed dragons striding among flames, set around a central medallion painted with a chrysanthemum spray within a moulded double-line border, all under a classic scroll at the rim, the exterior decorated in underglaze blue with a single three-clawed dragon with wide open jaws, a slender undulating body, and scales finely detailed by cross-hatching, the interior of the stem and footring left unglazed, Japanese wood box d. 13 cm; h. 11.5 cm
