A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' VASE, HU
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' VASE, HU GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Brightly enamelled to either side with a large roundel enclosing a five-clawed dragon and a long-tailed phoenix, all reserved on a yellow ground densely decorated with fruiting gourd vines, the shoulder applied with archaistic iron-red dragon handles above smaller roundels enclosing scholarly objects, the mouth rim with a band of geometric scrolls above a lappet band, and the glazed base enamelled with a large front-facing dragon 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' VASE, HU
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' VASE, HU GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Brightly enamelled to either side with a large roundel enclosing a five-clawed dragon and a long-tailed phoenix, all reserved on a yellow ground densely decorated with fruiting gourd vines, the shoulder applied with archaistic iron-red dragon handles above smaller roundels enclosing scholarly objects, the mouth rim with a band of geometric scrolls above a lappet band, and the glazed base enamelled with a large front-facing dragon 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
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