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PAIR OF BLACK POTTERY DRAGON-HANDLED CUPS AND SHALLOW DISHES
YUAN DYNASTY
元 黑陶龍柄杯及圓盤(兩對四件)each finely potted with burnished black pottery, each cup on a shallow foot ring with rounded sides and a lipped rim, the handle shaped in the form of a dragon head, the matching shallow dish with everted rim (4)
each cup: 11cm wide; dish: 15.1cm diameter
Private English collection
These finely potted cups most likely take their form from precious metal cups with a dragon handle which adorned the uniform of high-ranking Mongol cavalry officers, see J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.226, p.190. Also, see a gold dragon-handled cup sold by Christie’s New York, 12 September 2019, Lot 571 and a gold dish, Lot 572. Two closely comparable dragon-handled cups in the J. J. Lally collection were sold at Bonhams New York, 20 March 2023, lot 38. Another similar cup was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 November 2021, lot 355.
YUAN DYNASTY
元 黑陶龍柄杯及圓盤(兩對四件)each finely potted with burnished black pottery, each cup on a shallow foot ring with rounded sides and a lipped rim, the handle shaped in the form of a dragon head, the matching shallow dish with everted rim (4)
each cup: 11cm wide; dish: 15.1cm diameter
Private English collection
These finely potted cups most likely take their form from precious metal cups with a dragon handle which adorned the uniform of high-ranking Mongol cavalry officers, see J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.226, p.190. Also, see a gold dragon-handled cup sold by Christie’s New York, 12 September 2019, Lot 571 and a gold dish, Lot 572. Two closely comparable dragon-handled cups in the J. J. Lally collection were sold at Bonhams New York, 20 March 2023, lot 38. Another similar cup was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 November 2021, lot 355.
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PAIR OF BLACK POTTERY DRAGON-HANDLED CUPS AND SHALLOW DISHES
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