A blue and white 'Dragon' jardinière, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795)
Lot 149. A blue and white 'Dragon' jardinière, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 8 1/4 in., 21 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000. Lot sold 43,750 USD. © Sotheby's.
the steeply rounded sides rising to a gently lipped rim, painted around the body with a pair of five-clawed dragons striding among clouds above a band of foaming waves, the slightly concave base with an unglazed ring encircling a further recessed-central medallion, with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance: English Private Collection.
Bonhams London, 7th November 2013, lot 56.
Note: See a jardinière of this type in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Xu Huping, ed., Treasures in the Royalty. The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 274; and another sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 732.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM