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A VERY LARGE DOUCAI PEAR-SHAPED VASE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A VERY LARGE DOUCAI PEAR-SHAPED VASE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Painted on two sides of the bulbous body with a dragon leaping amidst clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl, one in iron red, the other green, above a band of frothing waves which break in explosions of spray against rocks, the neck with a band of phoenixes in flight amidst ruyi-shaped clouds and a band of four shou characters separated by lingzhi sprays and clouds, all within borders of archaistic dragon scroll, with a pair of blue and yellow mask handles suspending fixed rings on the shoulder, raised on a tall foot encircled by a further wave and rocks band interrupted by an apocryphal Jiajing mark within a rectangle
25 3/8 in. (64.5 cm.) high, wood stand
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Painted on two sides of the bulbous body with a dragon leaping amidst clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl, one in iron red, the other green, above a band of frothing waves which break in explosions of spray against rocks, the neck with a band of phoenixes in flight amidst ruyi-shaped clouds and a band of four shou characters separated by lingzhi sprays and clouds, all within borders of archaistic dragon scroll, with a pair of blue and yellow mask handles suspending fixed rings on the shoulder, raised on a tall foot encircled by a further wave and rocks band interrupted by an apocryphal Jiajing mark within a rectangle
25 3/8 in. (64.5 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Cleveland Museum of Art.
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