QIANLONG SIX CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND GREEN ENAMEL 'DRAGON' JARS AND COVERS
Qianlong six character seal marks and of the period (1736-95)
Each oviform body decorated with two five-clawed dragons amidst flames and clouds, in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls, all between a border of lappets around the base, and a band of the ba jixiang between ruyi borders on the shoulders, the cylindrical covers with a dragon roundel
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

See similar examples illustrated in S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, Pl. XCI, Fig. 2, from the W.W. Winkworth Collection, and in S. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, 1970, Nos. 384 and 385; compare also the jars in the National Palace Museum, Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, 1969, pl. 13, and in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, Pl. 114.

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