Lot 307
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A GREEN-GLAZE-DECORATED OVOID JAR

Details
A GREEN-GLAZE-DECORATED OVOID JAR
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

Decorated with two large dragons racing through flames and clouds in pursuit of flaming pearls, with a lappet band below and the bajixiang in a band on the shoulder above set between narrow ruyi and spiral borders, all outlined in underglaze blue and glazed green
8in. (20.3cm.) high, wood cover

Lot Essay

A similar jar from the Simon Kwan Collection was included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue, no. 58 and another is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 118