A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ‘DRAGON’ BOTTLE VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG exquisitely potted with a globular body surmounted by a tall tubular neck with an everted gilt mouthrim, the exterior brilliantly enamelled in varying tones of iron-red with a five-clawed dragon writhing sinuously and reaching for a 'flaming pearl' with a ferocious expression accentuated with piercing eyes and clenched jaws, the mythical beast portrayed with finely rendered windswept mane and well-defined scales, its serpentine body coiling amidst flame wisps and ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls rendered in shaded tones of iron-red and cobalt-blue respectively, all above crashing waves encircling the foot, the interior and countersunk base enamelled turquoise, the latter centred with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark within a white cartouche 25 cm, 9 7/8 in.
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ‘DRAGON’ BOTTLE VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG exquisitely potted with a globular body surmounted by a tall tubular neck with an everted gilt mouthrim, the exterior brilliantly enamelled in varying tones of iron-red with a five-clawed dragon writhing sinuously and reaching for a 'flaming pearl' with a ferocious expression accentuated with piercing eyes and clenched jaws, the mythical beast portrayed with finely rendered windswept mane and well-defined scales, its serpentine body coiling amidst flame wisps and ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls rendered in shaded tones of iron-red and cobalt-blue respectively, all above crashing waves encircling the foot, the interior and countersunk base enamelled turquoise, the latter centred with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark within a white cartouche 25 cm, 9 7/8 in.
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