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AN EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW-GROUND Brightly coloured porcelains with vivid designs on a contrasting
AND GREEN-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON AND ground were a speciality of the Jiajing reign, when many new
PHOENIX’ DOUBLE GOURD VASE colour combinations were experimented with. The decoration
on the current vase in yellow and green is extremely rare, and
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING
no other example appears to be published in any museum or
the lower bulb of square form, the exterior incised and painted private collection.
in green enamel against a yellow ground, depicting dragons
The form of the current vase, consisting of a square lower
and phoenix amid clouds below a ruyi band, the upper bulb
bulb and globular upper bulb, exists on larger blue and white
similarly decorated with lotus scrolls below plantain leaves, the vases, such as one from the Palace Museum, Beijing, but with
white base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze
a different design of medallions enclosing the Eight Immortals
blue
on the lower section, and cranes among clouds decorating
23.6 cm, 9¼ in.
the upper section, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White with
HK$ 80,000-120,000 Underglazed Red (II), Beijing, 2000, pl. 85.
US$ 10,300-15,400
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