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2 février 2018

A rare blue and white 'Nine dragon' bottle vase, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820)

A rare blue and white 'Nine dragon' bottle vase, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820)

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Lot 1876. A rare blue and white 'Nine dragon' bottle vase, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 30 1/2 cm., 12 in. Estimate 1,800,000 — 2,200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,180,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's 2010

the globular body painted with nine dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst scattered scrolling clouds, all above crashing waves and a key-fret bordered foot, the tall waisted neck tapering to a flaring mouth further painted with a ruyi-head border, the base inscribed with the six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue.

Note: In its form and decoration the present vase is closely after a large Qianlong 'Nine Dragon' vase, from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III), Shanghai, 2000, pl. 118. For Jiaqing vases painted with the same design see a bottle-form vessel included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, vol. II, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 93, of similar size to the present example and with a ruyi band around the neck and key-fret border around the foot; and another sold in these rooms, 2nd May 1995, lot 86. Compare also a vase of related form painted with three dragons amongst clouds published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III), op. cit.,pl. 143. 

Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, 08 Apr 2010

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