GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN GILDING FLANKED BY DRAGONS AND OF THE PERIOD

细节

A Pair of Gilt-Decorated Blue-Ground Vases
Guangxu six-character mark in gilding flanked by dragons and of the period
Each globular body decorated with a pair of dragons striding amidst clouds and flowers to contest a flaming pearl, between a band of waves below and a band of shou characters and lotus scroll above, the neck with a further dragon and pearl below a cloud collar, all in gilding on a rich blue ground
15in. (38.1cm.) high, stands (2)

来源

Christie's, New York, 2 June 1989, lot 86.

拍品专文

A similar pair of vases with Guangxu marks was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 1 December 1980, lot 963.

Compare, also, a vase of the same shape with a Guangxu mark, but with gilt decoration on a mirror-black ground, from the National Palace Museum, illustrated by van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, The Netherlands, 1977, pl. 93.