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PROPERTY FROM A BOSTON PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’
BOTTLE VASE
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the compressed globular body surmounted by
a tall cylindrical neck with a ared rim, nely
painted with a large ve-clawed dragon writhing
amid ames and clouds, with its young below
striding among crashing waves, the base with a
six-character seal mark
Height 11⅛ in., 28.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Louis Joseph, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, late
1950s - early 1960s.

Compare an almost identical vase, possibly the
pair to the present lot, sold at Bonhams San
Francisco, 16th December 2014, lot 8331.

A blue and white Jiaqing mark and period vase
of the same form and painted with the same
borders, but with numerous striding and writhing
dragons amidst cloud scrolls, in the Qing Court
Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and
White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, vol. III, Hong
Kong, 2000, pl. 143.

$ 10,000-15,000

Louis Joseph Inc

1950 1960

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