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A PAIR OF FLAMBÉ-GLAZED FACETED PEAR-SHAPED VASES, A MASSIVE CELADON-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ FISH BOWL
FANGHU 18TH-19TH CENTURY
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
(1875-1908) The heavily potted jar has deep sides decorated with two fve-clawed
dragons chasing faming pearls amidst clouds above a band of roiling
Each vase is heavily potted, and covered on the exterior and interior waves and the terrestrial diagram. The whole is covered in a glaze of
of the neck with a glaze of deep crushed strawberry-red tone shading soft sea-green color.
to a dark brownish-red on the indented corners, and sides of the
faceted lug handles, and thinning to almost white on the edges. The 27æ in. (62.8 cm.) wide
base, which has been left in the biscuit, is incised with the reign mark.
$15,000-25,000
11√ in. (30.2 cm.) high (2)
Celadon-glazed fsh bowls with dragon decorations are very rare. A
$12,000-18,000 Yongzheng example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum – 37 – Monochrome
清光緒 窯變釉貫耳方壺一對 六字楷書刻款 Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 149, no. 135. Another earlier example, dating
to the Kangxi period (1662-1722), with a more rounded shoulder, was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3210.

Other related examples of fsh bowls with dragon decoration can be found
in blue and white; see the blue and white Guangxu-marked fsh bowl sold at
Christie’s New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 933.

清十八/十九世紀 粉青釉雙龍趕珠紋大缸

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