Lot Essay
The decoration appears to have been achieved by gently scoring the dragon away from the cobalt blue ground rather than by painting the blue and leaving the fine outlines unpainted
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KANGXI AND 20TH CENTURY
Details
A RESERVE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE; AND A WHITE-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED CUP
KANGXI AND 20TH CENTURY
The bottle vase delicately painted in cobalt blue in reserve with a dragon chasing flaming pearls, the base with the character bao (treasure), 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high; The cup anhua-decorated in the interior with egrets standing in a lotus pond around the nianhao, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. (2)
KANGXI AND 20TH CENTURY
The bottle vase delicately painted in cobalt blue in reserve with a dragon chasing flaming pearls, the base with the character bao (treasure), 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high; The cup anhua-decorated in the interior with egrets standing in a lotus pond around the nianhao, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
E.T. Hall Collection, nos. 236 and 315
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis