A RARE DOUCAI DRAGON JAR

细节

A RARE DOUCAI DRAGON JAR
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The oviod body finely pencilled and enamelled with five ascending and descending dragon medallions, the spandrels with highly stylized lotus sprigs, between a stiff lotus petal border around the base and the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, around the shoulder above a ruyi band, small enamel flakes
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) high, box

出版

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, pl. 138.

拍品专文

Compare the example in the British Museum illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, vol. 15, pl. 195; another illustrated by Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, vol. II, pls. 670-671. Cf. also, an example from the Edward T. Chow collection sold in Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 551; and another two from the Estate of Geraldine S. Violett sold in New York, 30 May 1990, lots 179 and 180.

For a Jiajing guan enamelled with a similar design of dragon roundels, see Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelain Ming, p. 160, pl. 149.

(US$50,000-80,000)