Lot 267
  • 267

A GREEN-ENAMELED 'DRAGON' JAR QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
the ovoid body painted in underglaze blue and enameled in green with two striding five-clawed dragons each in fierce pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' amidst swirling clouds and fire scrolls encircled by the bajixiang, the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' around the shoulder and above a row of upright lappets, seal mark in underglaze blue, with wood cover (2)

Provenance

collects ion of Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951).
collects ion of Nanette B. Kelekian, until 2005.

Condition

There is a fine U-shape glaze crack along the exterior rim, otherwise the jar is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This imperial pattern is well represented in museum collects ions around the world. See Porcelains of the National Palace Museum, Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, vol. II, Taipei, 1969, pl. 13 and another is included in Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou collects ion, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 114.

Compare an example from the collects ion of W.W. Winkworth illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XCI, fig. 2 sold in our Hong Kong rooms 29th November 1977, lot 128 and again 1st November 1999, lot 463 and another jar sold in our Paris rooms 13th June 2012, lot 175.