£1,500
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
清 綠彩雲龍紋蓋罐
enamelled in green on the tapered globular body with a pair of ferocious five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst slender flame-clouds, all underneath a band of eight auspicious emblems on the shoulders, the cover further with a coiling dragon on top, all decorations outlined with underglaze blue, the base originally with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue but drilled through
Provenance: private English collection