A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED, YELLOW-GROUND INCISED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED, YELLOW-GROUND INCISED PEAR-SHAPED VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The body is incised under an egg yolk-yellow glaze with a flaming pearl on each side being contested by a full-faced, five-clawed dragon rising above the pearl and a three-clawed dragon reaching for it from below as the two leap amidst clouds and flames bordered by slightly raised bands of leaf tips and lappets painted in underglaze blue, as are the bands of lotus sprays on the foot and at the rim, and the decoration on the highly stylized animal-head handles that may represent rhinoceros heads. 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED, YELLOW-GROUND INCISED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED, YELLOW-GROUND INCISED PEAR-SHAPED VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The body is incised under an egg yolk-yellow glaze with a flaming pearl on each side being contested by a full-faced, five-clawed dragon rising above the pearl and a three-clawed dragon reaching for it from below as the two leap amidst clouds and flames bordered by slightly raised bands of leaf tips and lappets painted in underglaze blue, as are the bands of lotus sprays on the foot and at the rim, and the decoration on the highly stylized animal-head handles that may represent rhinoceros heads. 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
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