Lot Essay
For the early Ming prototype of this boldly painted vase see John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 53, (no. 29.470)
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A LARGE MING STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
18TH CENTURY
Well painted in fifteenth century style in rich, inky tones of underglaze blue with a single, three-clawed, scaly dragon racing around the sides of the full, bulbous body amidst the graceful, leafy tendrils of lotus meander that continue up the neck to a band of foliate scroll just below the rim, the unglazed base countersunk, rim restored
19 1/8in. (48.5cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Well painted in fifteenth century style in rich, inky tones of underglaze blue with a single, three-clawed, scaly dragon racing around the sides of the full, bulbous body amidst the graceful, leafy tendrils of lotus meander that continue up the neck to a band of foliate scroll just below the rim, the unglazed base countersunk, rim restored
19 1/8in. (48.5cm.) high