A RARE MASSIVE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' CISTERN
18TH/19TH CENTURY
细节
A RARE MASSIVE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' CISTERN
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Strongly potted with rounded sides and a lipped rim, painted around the globular body with four ferocious coiled dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst flame and cloud scrolls, all above crashing waves
27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide
来源
From an old German collection formed in Beijing before 1911.
拍品专文
Two identical cisterns are in The Palace Museum, Beijing (fig. 1). These vessels in the Imperial Kitchen of the Palace of Earthly Tranquility would most likely have been used for the storage of water.