Lot Essay
A similar Qianlong mark and period green-enameled jar and cover is illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1969, pp. 66-67, pl. 13.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
A GREEN-ENAMELED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A GREEN-ENAMELED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ovoid body is decorated with two dragons amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of flaming pearls, between a band of petal lappets below and a ruyi border above, all below the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, on the shoulder. The cover is decorated with a dragon roundel within a single-line border, and a band of ruyi-heads on the sides.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ovoid body is decorated with two dragons amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of flaming pearls, between a band of petal lappets below and a ruyi border above, all below the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, on the shoulder. The cover is decorated with a dragon roundel within a single-line border, and a band of ruyi-heads on the sides.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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A similar Qianlong mark and period green-enameled jar and cover is illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1969, pp. 66-67, pl. 13.