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Lot 7286
An unusual carved biscuit dragon vase Guangxu seal mark, Republic period
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$10,000 inc. premium
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An unusual carved biscuit dragon vase
Guangxu seal mark, Republic period
Superbly executed in high relief with five dynamic five-claw dragons emerging from multiple layers of billowing clouds to spar over flaming jewels, their scaly bodies finely worked and silhouetted against the dense network of clouds.
12 1/4in (31.2cm) high
Superbly executed in high relief with five dynamic five-claw dragons emerging from multiple layers of billowing clouds to spar over flaming jewels, their scaly bodies finely worked and silhouetted against the dense network of clouds.
12 1/4in (31.2cm) high
Footnotes
Provenance:
a California Central Valley estate
There are no apparent recorded examples of Guangxu seal marks on biscuit-glazed wares. For a related double gourd biscuit fired dragon vase, bearing an impressed Qianlong mark but dated to 1930-1950, see the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum and Art Museum and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Innovations and Creations: a Retrospect of 20th Century Porcelains from Jingdezhen, 2004, plate 185.


