A fine white anhua-decorated ‘dragon’ cup, Mark and period of Kangxi | 清康熙　白釉暗刻趕珠龍紋盃　《大清康熙年製》款

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (1905-1978).

Sotheby’s New York, 12th September 2018, lot 108.

Although very thinly potted white porcelain cups with engraved hidden anhua decoration of dragons were found on Ming monochromes, it was not until the Kangxi period that craftsmen from the imperial kilns truly mastered this technique. 

Compare a closely related pair, from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Sun Yingzhou de taoci shijie [The ceramics world of Sun Yingzhou], Beijing Palace Museum, Beijing, 2003, cat. no. 116; a pair from the Meiyingtang Collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pl. 792; and another bowl from the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva, illustrated in Mille Ans de Monochromes, Geneva, 2018, cat. no. 186. Closely related cups have sold in these rooms, 28th November 1978, lot 129, 20th May 1980, lot 90, and most recently 9th October, lot 3611.

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史蒂芬．瓊肯三世（1905-1978年）收藏

紐約蘇富比2018年9月12日，編號108