A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, MEIPING

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03.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 162 | A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, MEIPING
A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, MEIPING

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The vase is beautifully and skillfully potted with gently bulging shoulders rising from a slender foot and ending on a short neck and slighty everted mouthrim. The body is boldly painted with two five-clawed sinuous confronting dragons, amidst vaporous clouds and all above a band of crashing waves around the foot.

13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high

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