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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
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A GREEN-ENAMELED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE 'DRAGON' A similar Qianlong mark and period green-enameled jar and cover is
JAR AND COVER illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Enamelled Ware of
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1969, pp. 66-67, pl. 13.
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ovoid body is decorated with two dragons amidst clouds and flames
in pursuit of flaming pearls, between a band of petal lappets below and a 清乾隆 青花綠彩雲龍紋蓋罐 六字篆書款
ruyi border above, all below the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, on the
shoulder. The cover is decorated with a dragon roundel within a single-line
border, and a band of ruyi-heads on the sides.
8º in. (21 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000
(mark)
