A FINE OVOID GREEN 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER

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A FINE OVOID GREEN 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The ovoid body decorated with Bajixiang, the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism on the shoulder bordered on lower edge by ruyi lappets, two dragons striding through clouds and cloud-flames in pursuit of flaming pearls, a band of lotus panels around base, the cover with a dragon roundel surrounded by single line ring
8 in. (20.3cm) high

Lot Essay

Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 April 1996, lot 532.

A jar of this pattern with a Daoguang mark was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, pl. 79.

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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