• Dimension: Height: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm) Diameter: 9 in (22.9 cm)
• Estimate From: $3800
• Estimate To: $4800

The deep rounded sides painted in cobalt blue on the exterior with two five-clawed striding dragons in mutual pursuit amidst clouds, all between a border of upright lotus petal lappets and a band of cresting waves, the interior with a double lines around the rim and a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle at the base. Ming Dynasty period.

此鉢口微斂，弧腹，平底，胎體較厚，造型敦實。 （鉢是佛門盛貯器，明宣德時期皇帝崇信佛教。）所用青花色澤濃艷，色濃處有黑色鐵鏽斑顯現，是用進口蘇麻離青所致，通體青花裝飾，內壁潔白，施“大明宣德年制”雙圈青花楷書款。外壁從上至下依次繪海水紋、雲龍紋、蓮瓣紋，外底素胎無飾。龍的形狀、鬚髮和龍身的鱗片刻畫細緻。富鐵的鈷料使海水濃淺不一，且有暈散，如此波濤洶湧的海水更能映襯出龍的矯健。拍品造型敦實，紋飾生動，青花髮色鮮艷明麗，穩重古雅。