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A MASSIVE RARE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON
AND PHOENIX’ BALUSTER VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The heavily potted vase is decorated in brilliant enamels to the
body with a five-clawed dragon and a phoenix in flight amidst
meandering Indian lotuses, the shoulder with further Indian
lotus blossoms borne on leafy scrolls. The base is inscribed with
the reign mark in underglaze blue.
32 in. (81.2 cm.) high
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE
Gegarandeerd Antiek Collection, Belgium
Large-sized doucai vessels with this decorative theme bearing a
Qianlong reign mark are extremely rare. One related example is
known – a large Qianlong-marked yuhuchunping (84 cm.) decorated
in doucai with a dragon and a phoenix amidst Indian lotus scrolls,
in the Musée Guimet Collection, illustrated in Alexandre Hougron,
La Céramique chinoise ancienne, Paris, 2015, p. 234. Compare also
to a smaller bottle vase (63.5 cm.) with similar motifs, bearing an
apocryphal Jiajing mark, from the Sui Yuan Zhai Collection and
sold at Christie’s London, 11 May 2015, lot 32; and another
unmarked bottle vase (64.1 cm.) decorated in doucai with a
pair of phoenixes amidst peonies, sold at Christie’s New
York, 13 September 2012, lot 1515.
An unmarked doucai meiping decorated with a
dragon and phoenix amongst peonies, dating to the
Yongzheng period, from Yamanaka & Company Inc.,
New York, was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March
2007, lot 345.

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