LOT 0198 MING BLUE & WHITE DRAGON MEDALLION FLORI-F…
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PROVENANCE: Herbert Patrick (1936-2018) Atlanta, Georgia.He attended Boys Central high school, which he played center for the 1952 Central High School State A champions football team.Herb started his career in the appliance business and was employed with his uncle Tom Kirby appliance until 1971, then he opened his own business Herberts appliances. He was part of the uptown business community for over 49 years. His fascination for antiques came the memories of items that he remembered in his parents and grandparents home. Many of the items in his estate have been passed down from previous generations. LAUREN Galleries offers 45 important lots from the same provenance, Herbert Patrick collections, are: 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 57, 59, 65, 66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 83, 87, 117, 119, 122, 124, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 143, 197, 198, 203, 204, 205, 206, 282, 283, 284, 285, and 287. Measurements: 5.125in x7.75in x 7.75in Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Blue & white dragon medallion flori-form motif porcelain bowl on stand. Potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward flaring mouth rim, raised on a small round, with slight concave footing. The exterior decorated with hand-painting in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color, depicted eight medallion of snarling huge imperial five claws dragon careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li-shui waves in a dark blue color dragon squama to chasing flaming pearl amidst flames and vapors. Elegantly and smooth presented upon a carved hardwood stand with archaic ruyi pattern, created Majestic bowls. Dragon is the symbol of the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, eternity, Yang and Yin, male vigor and fecundity, the Li-shui wave pattern which is known to be the abode of dragons. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The under-base bears a reign mark, a vertical six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made in The Years of XuanDe Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.
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