A Large Celadon-Glazed Carved Ovoid Jar

YONGZHENG

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A Large Celadon-Glazed Carved Ovoid Jar
Yongzheng
Well carved with an allover pattern of meandering peony scroll interspersed with foliate dragons between a ruyi collar above and a band of petal lappets below, covered inside and out with a glaze of blue-green tone
20in. (51.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

The dragons on this jar, with their slender, scrolling, foliate bodies, are similar to those found on an embroidered kesi table frontal, dated 1670-1730, and illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Art and Design, New York, 1991, pp. 114 and 115, no. 44. A slightly more mature version of this type of dragon is found on Yongzheng mark and period dishes decorated in the center with a dragon leaping amidst clouds, such as the dish in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 167, fig. 231.

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