Note: Dragon vases of this type appear with both underglaze-blue and copper-red decoration. Compare a related copper-red painted vase, with the dragon's eyes also picked out in blue, illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. 146; another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, published in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 5; and a third from the Sir Percival David collection and now in the British Museum, London, included in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collection, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 208. A smaller vase of this design, but with a ribbed mouth, is illustrated in Ayer, op. cit., pl. 144.

Porcelain vase painted in underglaze red with a dragon design, China, Kangxi period, 1700-1720. Height: 22.4 cm. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Vase with two vertical five-clawed dragons, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period, AD 1662–1722, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and underglaze copper-red decoration. Height: 22,5 cm. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation, PDF,B.663. © The Trustees of the British Museum