THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN FROM A EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A FINE AND VERY RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' JARS AND COVERS
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A FINE AND VERY RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' JARS AND COVERS
IRON-RED DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each jar skillfully enamelled and shaded in iron-red with a striding five-clawed dragon and long tailed phoenix in flight reserved on a dense ground of undulating peony meander, the cover similarly decorated, all between stylized overlapping lotus petals at the base and overlapping cloud collars at the shoulder repeated below the lotus shaped finial, the everted neck with a further peony scroll, the borders and details picked out in gilt--11in. (28cm.) high, stands (2)
IRON-RED DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each jar skillfully enamelled and shaded in iron-red with a striding five-clawed dragon and long tailed phoenix in flight reserved on a dense ground of undulating peony meander, the cover similarly decorated, all between stylized overlapping lotus petals at the base and overlapping cloud collars at the shoulder repeated below the lotus shaped finial, the everted neck with a further peony scroll, the borders and details picked out in gilt--11in. (28cm.) high, stands (2)