Lot  422. An incised yellow-glazed 'Dragon' vase, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period (1796-1820); 31.4cm., 12 3/8 in. Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 67,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the ovoid body rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck with a slightly incurved rim, incised with four ferocious dragons leaping from turbulent foaming waves contesting a flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls and flame wisps, the rim and the foot encircled with a band of circles, covered overall with a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze

Provenance: Hancock, London.
Collection of Major M.H. Soames (until 1954).

Sotheby's London, 29th June 1954, lot 164.

Exhibited: Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948, cat.no. 164.