Asian Art II - 16th November 2022
Lot 1079
A CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE 'DRAGON' ROULEAU VASE
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £2500
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Description
A CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE 'DRAGON' ROULEAU VASE
19TH CENTURY
The body painted with four panels of writhing five-clawed dragons above crashing waves, divided by a black enamelled ground with chrysanthemum flowerheads on leafy stems, with a band of small cartouches containing the four arts of the Chinese scholar, 55cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Henry Myles-Tarlton (d.1946), Chief Engineer for Bird & Co Mining in India between 1912 and 1932.