A BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIERE
TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in mutual pursuit amidst clouds and fire-scrolls above turbulent waves
8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) diam.
Literature
Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, pl. 83a.
Oriental Ceramic Society, London, exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 14th to 19th Century, Catalogue, 1953-54, no. 319. Oriental Ceramic Society, London, exhibition Arts of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Catalogue, 1964, no. 126.