Page 68 - Sotheby's Chinese Art and Porcelain Auction New York September 12, 2018
P. 68
149
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ PROVENANCE
JARDINIERE English Private Collection.
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD Bonhams London, 7th November 2013, lot 56.
See a jardinière of this type in the Nanjing
the steeply rounded sides rising to a gently
Museum, illustrated in Xu Huping, ed.,
lipped rim, painted around the body with a pair Treasures in the Royalty. The O! cial Kiln
of Þ ve-clawed dragons striding among clouds
Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty,
above a band of foaming waves, the slightly
Shanghai, 2003, pl. 274; and another sold in
concave base with an unglazed ring encircling a
these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 732.
further recessed-central medallion, with a six-
character seal mark in underglaze blue $ 20,000-30,000
Diameter 8¼ in., 21 cm
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ曺剙㴟㯜暚漵䲳以
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
ΐ㔎恎㿂㕗2013⸜11㚰7㖍炻䶐嘇56
66 SOTHEBY’S IMPORTANT CHINESE ART