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A GREEN-ENAMELLED OVIFORM 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER

QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

细节
A GREEN-ENAMELLED OVIFORM 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
qianlong seal mark and probably of the period
Enamelled around the body with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amongst fire- and cloud-scrolls, between a band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems around the shoulder and floral lappets around the base, the cylindrical cover similarly decorated
8¼in. (21cm.) high

拍品专文

Cf. the similar examples illustrated by S.Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.XCI, fig.2; in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in the Catalogue, Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl.13; in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vol.1, pl.114; in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, illustrated in Keitokuchin Jiki, pl.118; and illustrated by Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, no.385