A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TEXAS COLLECTION
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER

QIANLONG BINGZI NIAN ZHI SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, CORRESPONDING TO 1756, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG BINGZI NIAN ZHI SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, CORRESPONDING TO 1756, AND OF THE PERIOD
The ovoid jar is decorated around the body with a pair of iron-red dragons striding amidst flames and colorful stylized ruyi-head clouds. The cover is decorated on the flat top with a stylized shou character in iron-red surrounded by further stylized clouds.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
A.S. Fobes Collection, Shanghai.
Lewis H. Blair (1834-1916), Richmond, Virginia.

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Lewis H. Blair (1834-1916) achieved success in the latter half of the of the 19th century, and distinguished himself with his progressive socio-political views and writings. Lewis Blair's mentor for many of his art acquisitions was Thomas B. Clarke (1848-1931), an art collector who also served as the art advisor and agent for J. P. Morgan.

It is very rare to find a porcelain ware from the Qianlong period incorporating a cyclical date in the seal mark. A blue and white jar and cover decorated with large characters reading, Tianzhu Enbo (The Prevailing Mercy of Buddha), interspersed with ruyi-cloud formations, inscribed on the base with a Qianlong mark in standard script incorporating cyclical date, Jiachen, corresponding to 1784, from the Shorenstein Collection, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2967. Similar multi-colored clouds can be seen on a large Qianlong bottle vase decorated with an iron-red dragon and a smaller pink-enameled dragon, set against a turquoise ground, sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1391.

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