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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-
RED 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the swelling pear-shaped body supported on a
straight foot and rising to a slender cylindrical
neck, painted with a powerful scaly copper-red
dragon pursuing a large 'flaming pearl' amidst
an inky haze of underglaze-blue clouds and
mist, the face and claws finely detailed, the
recessed base glazed white
Height 9½ in., 24 cm
PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Compare a similar but slightly larger vase
offered in these rooms, 20th March 1976, lot
206. See also a baluster-form example, painted
in a similar manner, sold in our London rooms,
13th July 2005, lot 586.
$ 10,000-15,000

清十八世紀 青花釉裏紅趕珠雲
龍紋長頸瓶

659 來源
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約

660

A LARGE IRON-RED 'DRAGON'
FISHBOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of compressed ovoid form, resting on a narrow
base and rising to broad shoulders and an
incurved lipped rim, boldly painted with two
sinuous dragons flying amidst flame wisps and
clusters of clouds, each with a thorny ridged
spine, pronounced antlers, long talons, snarled
face, chasing a 'flaming pearl', between upright
wave lappets encircling the base and a ruyi-
head border at the mouth, the interior glazed
white, the footring and recessed base unglazed
Diameter 16 in., 40.6 cm
A related iron-red and gilt jardinière of globular
form with a galleried rim, attributed to the
19th century, sold at Christie's New York, 1st
February 2005, lot 350. See also two underglaze-
blue fishbowls with similar subject matter and
attributed to the 19th century: the first of U-form,
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 24th May 1981, lot
1585; the second of cylindrical form and sold in
these rooms, 24th January 1975, lot 419A.
A Qianlong period fishbowl of very similar shape
and design to the present, painted in underglaze-
blue and copper-red, is in the Victoria and Albert
660
Museum, London, coll. no. C.139-1913.
$ 20,000-30,000

清十九世紀 礬紅彩趕珠雲龍
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