A Chinese porcelain flask decorated in blue molded with four dragon handles on the neck and decorated with dragon and design. Yuan 1280–1368. H. 33 cm.
A rare and large Chinese porcelain flask with two pairs of dragon shaped loop handles, decorated in underglaze blue, with a three-clawed dragon on each side and 'cloud collars' with birds and foliage, the sides with ruyi-shaped panels wherein flowers. Yuan 1280–1368. H. 33 cm.
DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE AGE OF THE FLASK, BRUUN RASMUSSEN HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW IT FROM THE AUCTION.
Provenance: Bought by present owner in a Danish antique gallery c. 1980.
A unique form of the Yuan dynasty. Similar at the Victoria & Albert Museum (C.47–1935). The museum noted that only seven flasks of this shape were known to exist.