A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
15TH-16TH CENTURY
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER 15TH-16TH CENTURY The heavy jar with high shoulder is finely decorated on the body with two ferocious, scaly, red five-clawed dragons striding amidst multi-colored scrolling clouds above cresting green waves and below a petal band, all against a light turquoise-blue ground. The domed cover is decorated with a third five-clawed dragon in red below the spherical finial decorated with radiating stripes of color above upright petal lappets. The base and interiors are gilded. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm.) high
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER
15TH-16TH CENTURY
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER 15TH-16TH CENTURY The heavy jar with high shoulder is finely decorated on the body with two ferocious, scaly, red five-clawed dragons striding amidst multi-colored scrolling clouds above cresting green waves and below a petal band, all against a light turquoise-blue ground. The domed cover is decorated with a third five-clawed dragon in red below the spherical finial decorated with radiating stripes of color above upright petal lappets. The base and interiors are gilded. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm.) high
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