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A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED ‘DRAGON’ JAR, GUAN
Kangxi
The vessel heavily potted with an ovoid body surmounted by a
short neck with lipped rim, the exterior incised with a pair of sinuous
dragons writhing amidst clouds and flames between a band of lappets
encircling the base and a collar of ruyi designs enclosing blossoming
flowers at the shoulder, the short neck with a dragon and phoenix,
covered with a translucent egg-yolk-yellow glaze.
25cm (9 7/8in) high.

£20,000 - 30,000
CNY180,000 - 270,000

清康熙 黃釉暗刻龍紋罐

Provenance: Georges Louis Parisot (1904-1995)
The Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tar Collection, former ambassador of Hungary
to the US 1991-1994

George Louis Parisot (1904-1995) was High Commissioner of France
in Germany, President of the Tonkin coal mines in the 1950s.

來源：Georges Louis Parisot（1904-1995）舊藏
Paul Tar伉儷舊藏，曾於1991至1994年任前匈牙利駐美國大使

George Louis Parisot（1904-1995）曾任法國駐德國高級專員，
二十世紀五十年代曾任Tonkin煤礦總裁。

Finely potted and covered with an attractive yellow glaze, the present Compare the present jar with a dragon writhing amidst clouds incised
jar appears to have been inspired by Ming porcelain. Compare with a on a yellow-glazed dish, Kangxi mark and of the period, in the Zhejiang
white-glazed jar decorated with incised designs of a writhing dragon Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, illustrated in Treasures of Imperial
chasing a flaming pearl and prancing amidst clouds, above a band Porcelain, Beijing, 2011, no.002. See also an undecorated yellow-
of lappets, Jiajing, in the British Museum, London, illustrated by glazed jar and cover, Kangxi, in the British Museum, London, illustrated
J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, by R.Scott, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch’ing Monochrome in
pp.216-217, no.9:2. See also the incised designs of a pair of dragons the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, p.34,
between a band of lappet at the base and a ruyi collar enclosing no.A527.
blossoming lotus on a white-glazed meiping jar, Jiajing mark and of the
period, also in the British Museum, illustrated in ibid., p.261, no.9:1.

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