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No other vase of this form with this decoration appears to be published
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
Well painted on one side with a phoenix and on the other with a five-clawed dragon leaping wildly amidst vaporous clouds above a band of froth-capped seas, all below a short neck and within double blue line borders
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
Well painted on one side with a phoenix and on the other with a five-clawed dragon leaping wildly amidst vaporous clouds above a band of froth-capped seas, all below a short neck and within double blue line borders
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high