Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019

Lot 107

A CHINESE TEADUST AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED GARLIC MOUTH 'DRAGON' VASE 19TH CENTURY The...

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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.