A RARE BLACK-GLAZED 'DRAGON' CUP Yuan Dynasty The shallow vessel finely potted with rounded sides raised on a gently-flared foot, rising to a slightly-flaring lipped mouth, the handle shaped as a dragon head, covered overall in black glaze. 8.5cm (3 2/8in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 元 黑釉龍首柄盃 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2010, no.26. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，編號26 The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C109q36 dated 27 November 2009, is consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2009年11月27日，編號C109q36）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 The present lot is related to contemporaneous vessels in other materials. See for example, a gold cup, Song/Yuan dynasty, illustrated by B.Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pp.110-111, no.53A. A jade example, Song/Yuan dynasty, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, p.137, no.113. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com