A FINE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Painted and enamelled in green with two five-clawed dragons striding in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', amidst wispy clouds and between the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, around the shoulder and a lotus petal band around the base, the cover decorated with a similarly enamelled dragon
8 1/4 in. (20.7 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 2001, lot 617
Greenwald Collection, no. 87

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Lot Essay

Compare with published examples such as the coverd jar illustrated in Chinese Ceramics - The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 114; and in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, CAFA, Hong Kong, 1969, pl. 13.

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