Lot 91. A blue and white porcelain dragon jar, Joseon Dynasty, 18th century, 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 130,000 - USD 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The ovoid form, vividly painted in underglaze-blue with two karge and forceful dragons striding through clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl, and clusters of scalloped clouds interspersed with smaller cloud ribbons, the neck and lower body with auspicious fungus-head-shaped cloud collars, the body applied with a lustrous transparent overglaze. With wood box.

Note: The dragons depicted on this jar are exceptionally large compared to those on other dragon jars. For a similar jar with large dragons in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, see Robert P. Griffing, ed., The Art of the Korean Potter: Silla, Koryo, Yi (New York: Asia Society, 1968), pl. 100.

Christie's. An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese & Korean Art, 25 April 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center