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A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The ovoid body delicately pencilled with underglaze-blue outlines and washed over in an even translucent green enamel with two ferocious dragons striding in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls amongst fire and cloud scrolls, between a lappet band encircing the base and a frieze of the Eight Buddhist Emblems around the shoulders
8 in. (20 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Compare with two similar jars, one in Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, p. XCI, fig. 2, the other illustrated in S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Catalogue, vol. 1, no. 114. A covered jar is illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pls. 13 a-d.

(US$11,000-13,000)

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