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A VERY LARGE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN
BALUSTER ‘DRAGON’ VASE, GUANGXU PERIOD
Porcelain with underglaze blue painting
China, Guangxu Period (1875 – 1908)
This large vase shows an appealing slender baluster shape
with a flared neck and tapered foot. It is solidly pottered
with orange peel surface and due to the generous size
slightly bended. It was potted in two pieces, visible at the
shoulder.

Depicted are five dragons, all with five claws, confronting
each other in fight for the flaming pearl. The hand
painting is of very high quality. The base with apocryphal
six-character Xuande mark.

Shape: Slender baluster shape
Dimensions: 59 cm (height), 14,7 cm (upper diameter)
Condition: Excellent condition
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in
the 1930s to early 1950s

Literature comparison: for a Guangxu dragon vase
of comparable size see Sotheby’s, SATURDAY AT
SOTHEBY’S: ASIAN ART, 17 SEPTEMBER 2016, NEW
YORK, lot 925.

⃱䵺⸜攻⣏✳曺剙漵䲳䒞
昞䒟炻曺剙慱ᶳ⼑
ᷕ⚳炻⃱䵺⸜攻 (1875 – 1908)
㛔☐☐⼊ᾖ攟炻㉀㱧炻⇲偑炻㓞儡炻㐯嵛炻忈✳椙㺉ˤ⛐偑悐
⎗䘤䎦㟼䙖䲳ˤ䒞幓㍷丒䘬㗗Ḽ㡅Ḽ䇒梃漵炻⻈⎋⾺䚖炻檫
⍹ᶲ⅚炻䚠Ḻ㈿㊩炻䇕⤒䀓䎈炻㯋⊊《⻀ˣ㟑㟑⤪䓇ˤ䒞⸽
㚱ℕ⫿⭋⽟㫦ˤ
䒞⼊
⯢⮠烉檀59 cm炻ᶲ悐䚜⼹ 14,7 cm
⑩䚠㤝⤥
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ攻岤ℍ

㔯䌣⍫侫烉シ夳栆Ụ⯢⮠䘬⃱䵺漵䲳䒞⎗夳喯⭴㭼˪␐ℕ
喯⭴㭼烉Ṇ㳚喅埻˫炻2016⸜9㚰17㖍炻䲸䲬925嘇㉵⑩ˤ
Estimate EUR 3.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.500,-

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