4 octobre 2019
An underglaze-blue and copper-red 'dragon' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Lot 659. An underglaze-blue and copper-red 'dragon' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 9 1/2 in., 24 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
the swelling pear-shaped body supported on a straight foot and rising to a slender cylindrical neck, painted with a powerful scaly copper-red dragon pursuing a large 'flaming pearl' amidst an inky haze of underglaze-blue clouds and mist, the face and claws finely detailed, the recessed base glazed white.
Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Note: Compare a similar but slightly larger vase offered in these rooms, 20th March 1976, lot 206. See also a baluster-form example, painted in a similar manner, sold in our London rooms, 13th July 2005, lot 586.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019
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