Sale 7004
London
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7 June 2004
Price realised
GBP 10,158
Estimate
A WHITE-GLAZED 'DRAGON' JAR, GUAN 16TH CENTURY The body freely incised with a striding five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst cloud scrolls above a band of lotus petals around the base, covered in a white glaze pooling darker in the decoration to emphasise the design, rim polished 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
Provenance
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 329
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