A very rare green-enameled 'dragon' bottle vase

Daoguang seal mark and period

清道光 綠彩五龍戲珠紋長頸瓶

《大清道光年製》款

finely potted with the slightly compressed globular body rising from a short, straight foot to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, decorated around the exterior with five scaly dragons each in different postures among cloud wisps in pursuit of a 'Flaming Pearl', the interior of the mouth and base enameled in turquoise, the latter centered with an iron-red six-character seal mark reserved in a white square

Height 11 in., 27.9 cm

Collection of Dr. P. Franklin, acquired between the late 1940s and 1950s (by repute).

來源

P. Franklin 醫生收藏，得於1940年代末至1950年代之間 (傳)