Auction 159 Asian Art

61

A Famille Rose dragon vase


Estimate

1.000 - 1.500


Session

8 May 2026


Description

China, Republic period (1912-1949)

Of baluster form with tall slender neck

Decorated in Famille Rose enamels with five dragons in black, blue, green, iron-red and pink, pursuing the flaming pearl amid polychrome clouds and flames above stylised waves

Neck applied with a moulded chilong in iron-red and gilt, holding a flowering branch in its mouth, flanked by five iron-red bats among scrolling tendrils

Mouth rim with a key-fret band and a border of ruyi-heads

Base bearing an apocryphal iron-red Kangxi Yuzhi (康熙御製) four-character seal mark within a double square



中国民国时期(1912-1949)粉彩五龙戏珠纹长颈瓶,颈部塑贴矾红描金螭龙衔花枝,间饰五蝠流云,底书矾红「康熙御製」四字篆书方框寄托款。

Height: 21 cm



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