KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE AND VERY FINELY CARVED CELADON 'DRAGON' VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Of tapered form, finely carved around the body with two leaping dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds and flames, the slender neck carved with two beribboned Buddhist parasols beneath the flared rim, covered all over and on the base with an attractive glaze of pale celadon tone, the interior glazed white
17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

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Lot Essay

The shape of this vase, and the type of dragon carved on it, are typical of the Kangxi period. Compare the vase of comparable size (42 cm.), and related shape, decorated in underglaze blue and red with a similar type of dragon leaping amidst flames as it rises from wind-tossed waves, in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by R. Scott in the exhibition catalogue, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, London, 10 June - 10 September 1992, no. 109. See, also, the vase carved with a dragon leaping from waves painted in underglaze red and blue reserved on a celadon ground in the collection of W.T. Walters, illustrated by S.W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, New York, 1980 ed., p. 172, fig. 226.

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