A PAIR OF GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JARS
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A PAIR OF GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JARS

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A PAIR OF GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JARS
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

Each ovoid body decorated in underglaze-blue outlines infilled with green enamel with two dragons striding around the sides in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', with lappets at the base and the baijixiang at the shoulder
7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high, covers (2)

Lot Essay

Previously sold in our New York Rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 346.

A Daoguang-marked jar of this pattern was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, From the Simon Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 58. The Qianlong prototype of this jar is illustrated together with a panoramic view of the decoration in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, vol. 1, pl. 114.

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