A RARE IRON-RED DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' VASE

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE IRON-RED DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is finely decorated around the body in strong blue tones and bright iron-red enamels with a writhing five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, above crashing waves encircling the foot.

17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Collection of Goffi Carboni family, Rome, Italy

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Lot Essay

In the form and decoration, the present vase appears to be unique. Compare the style of the dragon to an iron-red decorated 'dragon' vase with Yongzheng mark, sold at Christie's New York, 30 March 2005, lot 414 and included in the Ching Wan Society Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: Works of Art, Taipei, 2012, Catalogue, no. 70.

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