Lot 1406. An unusual green and yellow-glazed 'Dragon' jar, 18th-19th century; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

Of zhadou form, incised all over with nine dragons leaping amidst clouds above a wave and rock band, with a ruyi band at the rim on the interior, all under a green glaze reserved on a lemon-yellow ground, the base incised with an apocryphal Xuande mark under the yellow glaze, wood stand.

Provenance: Yamanaka & Co., Oriental Art, Part III; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 28-30 June 1944, lot 511.

Exhibited: Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1943, no. 1040. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 26 March 2010, New York, Rockefeller Plaza