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拍品专文
Similarly rendered dragons can be seen on a blue and white jardinière dated to the Guangxu period sold at Christie’s New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 933.
The horned, five-clawed, long dragon was a symbol of the emperor, and nine was a number reserved for the emperor - being the largest single digit number. Dragons were often specifically associated with the number nine and it was believed that the dragon had nine attributes and also had nine sons. It was also thought that its body had 117 scales - a multiple of nine (9 x 13) of which 81 were yang scales (9 x 9) and 36 were yin scales (9 x 4).
The horned, five-clawed, long dragon was a symbol of the emperor, and nine was a number reserved for the emperor - being the largest single digit number. Dragons were often specifically associated with the number nine and it was believed that the dragon had nine attributes and also had nine sons. It was also thought that its body had 117 scales - a multiple of nine (9 x 13) of which 81 were yang scales (9 x 9) and 36 were yin scales (9 x 4).