Lot 753
BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE
JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
£11,250
Description
finely painted with a striking design of nine dragons, three of which are issuing from the waves circling the foot, three flying around the body of the vase, and three on the flared neck, all amongst clouds and flames between a ruyi head border and keyfret border
Dimensions
30.8cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Formerly from a private English collection.
Note:
For a similar vase see the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, vol. II, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 93
Sotheby's sold a similar vase in their Hong Kong rooms on April 8th, 2010, lot 1876.