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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’
CEREMONIAL VESSEL AND COVER, DOU
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1875-1908)
The vessel is crafted as a deep bowl supported
on a high cylindrical stem with tall domed foot.
The exterior is fnely decorated with ferocious
fve-clawed dragons amongst clouds in pursuit of
the faming pearl above a wave band, all repeated
around the stem and foot. The domed cover is
similarly decorated and is surmounted by a knop
fnial. The interior of the foot has a Guangxu six-
character mark in underglaze blue.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high overall
£10,000-15,000 $15,000-21,000
€12,000-17,000

Compare a very similar vessel sold at Christie’s
London, 11 May 2010, lot 247.

清光緒 礬紅彩趕珠雲龍紋豆
六字楷書款

(mark)

240 Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue