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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 562

A FINE GREEN-ENAMELED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER, JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 USD

A FINE GREEN-ENAMELED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
清嘉慶 綠彩趕珠雲龍紋蓋罐 《大清嘉慶年製》款

well potted with a tapering ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and a short neck, painted to the exterior
in rich tones of green enamel with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of 'Flaming Pearls' amidst cloud scrolls, all between a
register of bajixiang encircling the shoulder and a border of lotus-lappet skirting the foot, the flat-topped cover decorated with
a writhing dragon chasing a 'Flaming Pearl' and a ruyi border encircling the side, the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue (2)

Height 8½ in., 21.5 cm

Provenance
Poniatowski Family Collection.

來源
波尼亞托夫斯基家族收藏

Catalogue Note
Imperial porcelain wares painted with vigorous dragons in green enamel against a white ground were first produced during the
Chenghua period (r. 1465-87), and continued to be popular throughout the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties. While in the

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