Lot Essay
The dragon and tiger represent the powers of air and land, and are considered the yin and yang guardians.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A RARE POLYCHROME-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE GREEN-GROUND VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A RARE POLYCHROME-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE GREEN-GROUND VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The tapering ovoid body is decorated in underglaze blue with a four-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds as a tiger looks on from a grassy promontory, all in a landscape of water, rocks and trees below three rose sprigs on the slightly waisted neck, and detailed in yellow, aubergine and green against a ground of pale green color. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the base.
16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The tapering ovoid body is decorated in underglaze blue with a four-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds as a tiger looks on from a grassy promontory, all in a landscape of water, rocks and trees below three rose sprigs on the slightly waisted neck, and detailed in yellow, aubergine and green against a ground of pale green color. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the base.
16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs. Colis P. Huntington Collection, by 1911.
S. Gorer & Son, London.
Douglas W. Morse, Pasadena, California, 1999.
Katherine Kaufman Collection, San Diego, California.
S. Gorer & Son, London.
Douglas W. Morse, Pasadena, California, 1999.
Katherine Kaufman Collection, San Diego, California.
Literature
E. Gorer and J. F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, vol. I, London, 1911, pl. 52.
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