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PROVENANCE: From the Collections of Henry Windermere (1932- 2018) Covington, Georgia, served US Army for more than 28 years, retiring as a colonel. His received many military medals. He then became Westminster Services training coordinator and working as a program director for a defense contractor based in Xianggang China. Among his varied interests and passions were collecting Chinese art pieces.Dimensions (cm): Diameter: 18.5 Height: 4.5Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Period Yellow glazed sgraffito Dragon Motif porcelain Cups. Potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward straight mouth rim, raised on a flat round. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in masterfully covered in an even coat of a egg yolk yellow glaze which terminates at the base to reveal the pure white under glaze. Meticulous finish sgraffito snarling huge imperial five claws dragon careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li-shui waves in a egg yellow color dragon squama to chasing flaming pearl amidst flames and vapors. Carving beneath the attractive egg-yolk-yellow monochrome glazed covers the delicate clay, showing silky smooth sheen and conforming the design. The yellow glaze creates a mottled effect around the rim which is likened unto the blushing of human skin. Yellow in Chinese it is called Huang You. The technique of producing it only became matured in the Hongzhi Period of the Ming. There are also high and low temperature glazes. The yellow comes from the ferric oxide in the reducing atmosphere. Its first appearance was in the Tang Dynasty. There are Tender Yellow (Jiao Huang), Wax Yellow (Mi La Huang), Egg Yellow (Dan Huang You) and Eel Yellow (Shan Yu Huang). The foot rim reveals the cut edges during the making process, and the receded central interior base left white under glaze. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. Mark on base, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made In The Years of Jiajing Reign Period of Great Ming Dynasty.