A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, painted with two chilong dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above stylized flames, beneath flowers and a border of stiff leaves, peony flower mark to the base, Kangxi 1662-1722, a tiny rim frit, 25cm.
Cf. Christiaan Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, no. 319 for a vase of this design.
