A FINE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER

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A FINE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Delicately pencilled in underglaze-blue outlines and washed over in even translucent green enamel on the broad body, with two five-clawed ferocious dragons striding in mutual pursuit of 'flaming pearls' amongst fire and cloud-scrolls, between bands of the Buddhist Emblems and small ruyi around the shoulder, and rectangular lappets above the foot, the domed flat-topped cover with a single coiled dragon
8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) overall height, box

来源

Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van Slyke Collection, sold as a pair at Sotheby's New York, 31 May 1989, lot 201

拍品专文

It is quite rare to find jars of this design complete with their covers. Compare with similar Qianlong-marked jars with covers such as the example illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, pl. 114; one illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, Hong Kong, 1969, pls. 13 a-d; one in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, illustrated in Heitokuchin Jiki, Kyoto, 1982, pl. 118; two pairs sold in our London Rooms, 9 December 1985, lot 141, and 15 November 2000, lot 65; and a single jar from the Edward T. Chow Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 537.