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Property from a California collector

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An unusual carved biscuit dragon vase
Guangxu seal mark, Late Qing/Republic Period
Superbly executed in high relief with five dynamic five-claw dragons emerging from multiple
layers of billowing clouds to spar over flaming jewels, their scaly bodies finely worked and
silhouetted against the dense network of clouds.
12 1/4in (31.2cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

Provenance
a California Central Valley estate

There are no apparent recorded examples of Guangxu seal marks on biscuit-glazed wares.
For a related double gourd biscuit fired dragon vase, bearing an impressed Qianlong mark but
dated to 1930-1950, see the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum and Art Museum and the Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Innovations and Creations: a Retrospect of 20th Century Porcelains
from Jingdezhen, 2004, plate 185.

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