A LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ VASE, TIANQIUPING QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY The vase has a generous globular body rising from a recessed base to a well-balanced cylindrical neck. It is painted around the exterior with three four-clawed scaly dragons and a scrolling dragon in powerful copper-red tones striding amongst vibrant undulating and crashing cobalt blue waves and contesting a ‘flaming pearl’. The base remains unglazed. 23 7/8 in. (60.8 cm.) high Provenance Sold at Christie’s London, 25-26 November 1974, lot 214
A LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ VASE, TIANQIUPING QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY The vase has a generous globular body rising from a recessed base to a well-balanced cylindrical neck. It is painted around the exterior with three four-clawed scaly dragons and a scrolling dragon in powerful copper-red tones striding amongst vibrant undulating and crashing cobalt blue waves and contesting a ‘flaming pearl’. The base remains unglazed. 23 7/8 in. (60.8 cm.) high Provenance Sold at Christie’s London, 25-26 November 1974, lot 214
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