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A GREEN-ENAMELED ‘DRAGON’ A closely related jar is published in Porcelains October 2001, lot 617, and again at Christie’s
JAR of the National Palace Museum. Enamelled Hong Kong, 1st December 2010, lot 2831; and one
Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Vol. II, Taipei, 1969, from the collection of Dikran Garabed Kelekian,
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
pl. 13; one in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, is sold in these rooms, 19th-20th March 2013, lot
PERIOD illustrated in The O" cial Kiln Porcelain of the 183. In recent years, jars of this type have sold
Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 271; at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 3997;
well-potted, the tapering ovoid body rising
and another is included in Chinese Porcelain. The in those same rooms, 15th September 2011, lot
to a wide shoulder and narrow short neck,
S.C. Tianminlou Collection, Vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1558; in our London rooms, 6th November 2013,
decorated around the exterior in emerald-green
1987, pl. 114. Several Qianlong jars with covers lot 181; and in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th April
enamel outlined and detailed in underglaze blue
from important private collections include one 2015, lot 3701.
illustrating two " ve-clawed dragons striding
from the collection of Edward T. Chow, sold in
in pursuit of ‘! aming pearls’ amidst ruyi-form
our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1981, lot 537; $ 30,000-50,000
clouds, ! ame scrolls issuing from their scaly
another from the W.W. Winkworth collection,
bodies, a band of lappets below and a band of ৻ඤ ͣήၠථᎲႼम७ᜦ
illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese
ruyi heads above, the shoulder with the ‘Eight ɽ৻ඤϋႡಛ
Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XCI, " g. 2, sold twice
Auspicious Emblems’ beneath a band of spirals,
in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 1977, Ը๕
the recessed base with a six-character seal mark
lot 128, and again, 1st November 1999, lot 463; a
in underglaze blue ဏॶ࣬ 1854 1925 ϗᔛdϤܝૄෂו
pair from the Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van
Height 7⅞ in., 20 cm
Slyke collection, sold in our New York rooms, 31st ࢝ᚎ
PROVENANCE May 1989, lot 201, one of which was sold again at ᖯᎰ௹يdҎဧᅃऎ֍dᅃdІ1899
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2006, lot 1443; ϋ࠾࢝
Collection of Constantin von Hanneken (1854-
an example with its cover from the Greenwald
1925), and thence by descent.
Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th
EXHIBITED
Roemer Museum, Hildesheim, Germany, from
1899 (on loan).
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