• Dimension: Height: 12 1/2 in (31.8 cm) Diameter of top: 5 in (12.7 cm)
• Estimate From: $15000
• Estimate To: $25000

The high-shouldered ovoid jar brightly enameled around the body with sinuous five-clawed dragons amidst green, yellow and red fire and clouds above crashing waves and mountains, all flanked between a lappet border the foot, and a band of phoenix in flight amidst dense leafy stems around the shoulder, the short neck decorated with a band of key-fret pattern and inscribed a eight character mark reads as made in the third year of Tianqi Reign by Tang. Ming Dynasty Tianqi period.

此拍品明天启“五彩海水江崖龙凤纹罐”高31.8cm，圈足12.7cm，为天启三年唐氏制造，明朝天启（公元1621—1627年，明熹宗朱由校年号）朝仅7年，又处于明末多事之秋，景德镇官窑陷入衰落状态,受到官窑影响的民窑，此时摆脱了几百年的精神束缚，逐渐离开了长期依靠的官窑蓝本，有很大的创新，本件拍品是典型的民间制造。它和以往景德镇所制青瓷不同，四爪龙及凤、祥云等均不及明代顶盛时期精美，类似明天启唐氏制造器物极为少见。 來源：洛杉磯資深藏家提供 Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles