Lot 3171. A fine green-enamel 'dragon' jar and cover, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 21.5 cm., 8 1/2 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,420,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the globular tapering body rising to a rounded shoulder set with a short straight neck, decorated in green enamel with a pair of ferocious dragons, each chasing a 'flaming pearl' amongst scrolling clouds, all beneath a frieze of bajixiang, the cover similarly decorated with a coiled dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl', the recessed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th May 1988, lot 291.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011