Green-glazed Cup with Dragon Sculpture on Interior Bottom

Excavated on Shanyuan road of Yangzhou city in 1983, this cup in the shape of four sunflower petals features an opening rim that expands outwards, a curved belly, and a ring-shaped base whose rim also expands a little bit. Its exterior belly and base are adorned with two parallel sunken lines. On the interior side of the bottom lies a scale-covered dragon sculpture with a pointed mouth spitting out a pearl, four stretching claws and a short tailed curly beneath the body. Around the dragon there are S-shaped cloud motifs. A harmonious yet eye-catching combination of green and white glaze all over the piece makes it one of the rare treasures among ceramics made by Gongxian County Kiln in Henan province.