18TH CENTURY

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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
18TH CENTURY
The body decorated with a single five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amidst clouds above the pedestal foot which is encircled by a ruyi and foliate band and a band of classic scroll above the flat base, with an apocryphal Jiajing mark written in a line on the garlic-head mouth
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For the Jiajing prototype for this charming small vase, see the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 35 - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 87, no. 81.

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