A Pair of Chinese Wucai ‘Dragon’ vases
The broad, high-shouldered jars vibrantly decorated with two pairs of ascending and descending confronting dragons, one yellow and one aubergine, writhing above crashing waves and rocks and amidst flames in pursuit of the flaming pearl, the necks decorated with a band of stiff lappets, the flat bases unglazed. Period: Shunzhi period (1644‑1661). Height: 33 cm.
For a jar with similar decoration of dragons, see Maria António Pinto de Matos and Jean-Paul Desroches in Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon, 1996, p. 161, no. 80.
Condition: For condition report, please contact the department here.
Provenance: A Swedish Private Collection.
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The broad, high-shouldered jars vibrantly decorated with two pairs of ascending and descending confronting dragons, one yellow and one aubergine, writhing above crashing waves and rocks and amidst flames in pursuit of the flaming pearl, the necks decorated with a band of stiff lappets, the flat bases unglazed. Period: Shunzhi period (1644‑1661). Height: 33 cm.
For a jar with similar decoration of dragons, see Maria António Pinto de Matos and Jean-Paul Desroches in Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon, 1996, p. 161, no. 80.
Condition: For condition report, please contact the department here.
Provenance: A Swedish Private Collection.
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