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A MIRROR-BLACK GLAZED GILT-DECORATED VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, the
elongated ovoid body rising from a tapering foot to a flared neck and everted mouth, boldly painted in gilt with two vigorous dragons
pursuing a ‘flaming pearl’ amidst scrolled clouds and flames against a lustrous black ground, the shoulder with a diaper pattern at the
base of the neck painted with shou roundels between lappet borders, the interior and base glazed white
⌲Ꮴ⛆ ◼䛾䛶䛾䋂⤍䰟咺㈸⨣
Height 17 in., 43.2 cm
$ 20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
A Kangxi period mirror-black gilt-decorated rouleau vase with similar dragon and shou decoration is
illustrated in W.B. Honey, Chinese Porcelain: Periods of K’ang Hsi, Yung Cheng and Ch’ien Lung, London,
1927, pl. 8. Another, of closely related form to the present vase, painted with a figural scene, was offered at
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Sotheby’s London, 8 November 2006, lot 144.
88 SOTHEBY’S
