Qianlong seal mark and of the period The rounded flattened body vividly painted in a brilliant underglaze copper-red on each side with an Imperial front-facing five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl, each surrounded by finely scrolling clouds painted in underglaze blue and above heaped waves releasing splashes of foam at the feet of each dragon, the slender cylindrical neck with a cloud scroll on each side and flanked by delicately curving handles painted with a band of classic scroll between two fine lines of underglaze blue, the body, foot and neck all covered in an unusual bright even-toned turquoise glaze precisely stopping at the outline of the underglaze painted decoration, the rim, the interior of the neck and the underside enamelled a soft lime-green. 30.5cm (12in) high
Qianlong seal mark and of the period The rounded flattened body vividly painted in a brilliant underglaze copper-red on each side with an Imperial front-facing five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl, each surrounded by finely scrolling clouds painted in underglaze blue and above heaped waves releasing splashes of foam at the feet of each dragon, the slender cylindrical neck with a cloud scroll on each side and flanked by delicately curving handles painted with a band of classic scroll between two fine lines of underglaze blue, the body, foot and neck all covered in an unusual bright even-toned turquoise glaze precisely stopping at the outline of the underglaze painted decoration, the rim, the interior of the neck and the underside enamelled a soft lime-green. 30.5cm (12in) high
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