18TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE DOUCAI-DECORATED BOTTLE VASE
18TH CENTURY
Well painted with a bold design of a five-clawed dragon confronting a phoenix amidst a spreading branch of tree peony that extends up onto the neck, all between a band of petal lappets below and a narrow band of classic scroll at the rim on which is reserved a rectangular panel painted with an apochryphal Jiajing mark
25½ in. (63.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 19 November 1986, lot 306.

Lot Essay

Compare the large doucai bottle vase of similar proportions and size, also unmarked and dated to the 18th century, sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 11 May 1983, lot 214. This vase is decorated with a similar bold pattern of flowers encircling the body but without dragons, and the catalogue notes that it was from the Fonthill Hierlooms, from the Collection of Lord Margadale of Islay and the Collection formed by Alfred Morrison during the 19th century.

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