QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ JARDINIÈRE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The jardinière is vividly painted around the exterior with two pairs of dragons confronting a flaming pearl amid clouds over crested waves.
24 3/4 in. (62.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 September 1997, lot 284
Eskenazi Ltd, London
The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection

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Lot Essay

Qianlong-marked ‘dragon’ jardinières of this size are very rare, as they are more commonly found in smaller size such as the one (13.8 cm. high, 21 cm. diam.) in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 274.

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