Lot 135
IRON-RED DECORATED 'DRAGON' JARDINIÈRE WITH PLATE
QING DYNASTY,18TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 5 November 2020 at 14:00 GMT
£3,750
Description
雍正款 礬紅彩雲龍紋花盆帶底
of slightly compressed globular form with a wide tapered neck and flared mouth, the body delicately painted with front and side facing slender four-clawed dragons amongst flame-like clouds all above a band of crashing waves near the foot, the base perforated to the centre, a pair of similar dragons chasing flaming pearls further decorated the outer cavetto of plate, the base inscribed with a six-character Yongazheng mark in underglaze blue within double circles
Dimensions
jardinière 28cm high; plate 31.4cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance: Formerly in a private English collection