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A COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE
19TH CENTURY
The tall, slender neck is finely painted in copper-red with a striding dragon with a bifurcated tail above a raised band encircling the shoulder. The base is inscribed in underglaze blue with a Kangxi six-character mark.
8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Robert West Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1950.

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