Lot 345. A rare wucai double-gourd 'Dragon' vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Height 15 3/4  in., 40 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 50,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

superbly potted and boldly enameled, the globular lower section with a pair of sinuous striding dragons fiercely contesting a 'flaming pearl', the tapering upper bulb with a single writhing dragon coiled around the exterior in similar pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', all amid swirling polychrome and underglaze-blue clouds, the base with a double circle in underglaze blue, coll. no. 1587.

Provenance: Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall (1912-2005).
J.T. Tai and Co., New York, January 1965.
Christie's New York, 29th March 2006, lot 165. 

Literature: Jeffrey P. Stamen, Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A Culture Revealed, Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017, cat. no. 65.