A CHINESE TEADUST AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED GARLIC MOUTH 'DRAGON' VASE

19TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body supported on a gently flaring foot and rising to a slender neck, painted on raised white slip decoration with three dragons contesting a sacred pearl amidst stylised clouds and flames, all above a band of crashing waves, with a border of ruyi-heads enclosing blossoms to the bulbous mouth, 18.3cm.