Lot 3201. A fine rare blue and white 'dragon' jar, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722). Estimate HK$500,000 – HK$700,000 (US$64,669 - $90,536). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The ovoid body is well painted with two leaping three-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst fire scrolls. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high, box

Provenance: Carl Alfred Jensen (1886-1953), Denmark

Notes: Carl Alfred Jensen was a Danish engineer who worked for the Great Northern Telegraph Company in Denmark. He was stationed in various cities in China with his family between 1911 and 1927.

Compare with several identical examples including one in the National Palace Museum Taipei, included in Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, Taipei, 1980, pl. 9; one in the Baur Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, vol. IV, no. A513; one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 October 1991, lot 821; a pair with covers from the Jung Hsing Hsiang Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York, 6 December 1989, lot 195; one with cover sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 October 1993, lot 163.

Christie's. THE IMPERIAL SALE / IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 1 June 2016, Convention Hall