Lot 190
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND 'DRAGON' JAR
SIX-CHARACTER CHENGHUA REIGN MARK BUT KANGXI PERIOD
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
£6,875
Description
of baluster form, supported on a slightly splayed foot, painted in underglaze blue on a blue ground with a four-clawed dragon, the base inscribed with a six-character Chenghua reign mark in underglaze blue within double rings, the later wooden cover surmounted by a cluster of lingzhi carved in agate, with wooden stand
Dimensions
22cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
From a private Scottish collection.
Note:
For a comparable underglaze-blue-decorated blue-ground 'dragon' bowl, also from Kangxi period, see Christie's sale in their New York rooms on 18.09.2003, lot 314, sale 1264.