ID 432412
Lot 162 | A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, MEIPING
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
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
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Auction house category: | Vases and vessels |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Auction house category: | Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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