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    Sale 7004

    Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late

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    7 June 2004

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    • A WHITE-GLAZED 'DRAGON' JAR, G
    Lot 4

    A WHITE-GLAZED 'DRAGON' JAR, GUAN

    16TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 10,158

    Estimate

    GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000

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    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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