A mirror black glazed porcelain vase with gilt decoration
19th century
Heavily potted with a long waisted neck and globular body raised on a spreading foot, the exterior walls showing traces of a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amid clouds painted in gilt against the glossy black ground, a colorless glaze applied to the interior neck and the base centered with an underglaze blue double ring (wear to gilt).
15 1/2in (39.5cm) high