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PROPERTY FROM THE MICHAEL D. LABATE II COLLECTION
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A VERY RARE YELLOW-GROUND DOUCAI `NINE DRAGON' VASE MICHAEL D. LABATE二世珍藏
YONGZHENG-QIANGLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
清雍正/乾隆 黃地鬥彩九龍紋瓶
The vase is finely decorated with an allover design of nina sinuous, five-clawed
dragons writhing amidst flames above crashing waves and rocks encircling the 來源:
base, all set against a rich yellow ground. The base is inscribed in underglaze Vermeer & Griggs Asian Art, 亞特蘭大, 喬治亞州
blue with an apocryphal Zhengde mark within a double circle.
13½ in. (34.4 cm.) high
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
Vermeer & Griggs Asian Art, Atlanta, Georgia.

It is very rare to find doucai decoration set against a yellow ground. A Kangxi-
marked dish with doucai decoration of a dragon and phoenix set against a
yellow ground is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong
Kong, 1999, no. 210.
A similar design of dragons in different writhing positions amidst flames can
be seen on a green and yellow-glazed meiping illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Miscellaneous Enamelled
Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Hong Kong, 2009, pp. 126-29, no.
104, where it is dated to the Qianlong period.

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