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PROPERTY OF A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
A COPPER-RED-DECORATED
'DRAGON' ROULEAU VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CETNURY
the elongated ovoid body set over a straight
foot and rising to a short, waisted neck with an
everted lip, painted all around in bright copper
red with two five-clawed dragons contesting
a 'flaming pearl', one dragon striding across
clusters of swirling clouds, its sinuous body
wrapping almost entirely around the vase, the
second dragon emerging from the roiling sea
below, flame scrolls dancing in the air amidst
the clouds
Height 14⅞ in., 37.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Jean Lavigne.
The characteristics of the principal dragon on
this vase — with its exceedingly long serpentine
body, the minimal treatment of the face and
mane in comparison to the richly detailed body,
and its overall sense of movement — compare
closely to a Kangxi mark and period copper-
red-decorated 'dragon' meiping sold first in
our London rooms, 1st-2nd April 1974, lot 364,
and then in our Hong Kong rooms, 20th May
1981, lot 774. A second meiping of this type,
attributed to the 18th century, sold in our Hong
Kong rooms, 29th November 1977, lot 196.
See also an early Kangxi period precedent
for a 'dragon' sleeve vase decorated entirely
in underglaze red in the collection of Michael
Butler, exhibited in Chinese Porcelain: The
Transitional Period, 1620-1683, A Selection
from the Michael Butler Collection, Princesshof
Museum, the Netherlands, 1986, cat. no. 120.
Jean Lavigne was a fine art publisher in Paris,
who is best known for printing and publishing
'La Conquette du Cosmos II' by Salvador Dali
in 1974.

$ 50,000-70,000

清十八世紀 釉裏紅趕珠雲龍紋
燈籠瓶
來源
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