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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN A jar of this pattern, also with a Daoguang mark, was included in the
exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The
1636 Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, pl. 79.
A GREEN-ENAMELED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE ‘DRAGON’ JAR The Qianlong prototype of this jar is illustrated, together with a panoramic
AND COVER view of the decoration, in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, vol. 1, pl. 114.
AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) 清道光 綠彩雲龍八寶紋蓋罐 六字篆書款
The ovoid body is decorated in underglaze blue line and green
enamel with two dragons striding amidst clouds and fames in pursuit
of faming pearls between a band of petal lappets below and a 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.
8¿ in. (20.9 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000 (mark)
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 15 December 1987, lot 200.
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