£3,750
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
十九世紀 道光款 霽藍釉描金五爪龍紋戲珠蒜頭瓶
the bulbous body supported on a short foot, extending to a long neck terminating to a garlic-head mouth, the exterior finely decorated in gilt paint with two pairs of five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls above swirling waves, the neck further adorned with a meandering dragon, all below a band of ruyi-head around the mouth, the base inscribed with a six-character Daoguang mark in iron-red against a turquoise ground