Lot Essay
(US$11,000-13,000)
Details
A LARGE CORAL 'DRAGON' VASE
19TH CENTURY
Of flattened baluster shape supported by openwork cloud motifs and surrounded by sinuous dragons clambering towards the rim and a flaming pearl, the pink coral with cream and speckled inclusions, flaw (minor chips to extremities)
11 in. (28 cm.) high, box, stand
19TH CENTURY
Of flattened baluster shape supported by openwork cloud motifs and surrounded by sinuous dragons clambering towards the rim and a flaming pearl, the pink coral with cream and speckled inclusions, flaw (minor chips to extremities)
11 in. (28 cm.) high, box, stand
Provenance
The T.Y. Chao Collection, sold in Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 371.