AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI DRAGON' JAR XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) The jar is finely potted with a slightly compressed globular body rising to a vertical neck and lipped rim, supported on a low and broad foot, finely painted in rich saturated cobalt of inky-blue tone with areas of 'heaping and piling' to depict a striding three-clawed kui dragon with a long snout, curled horns pointed back toward its sinuous, muscular upper body and forelegs, its bifurcated foliate scroll tail extends from behind its wings, its jaws open wide with a floral sprig extending from its tongue. The foot is decorated with a band of petal panels, and a cloud collar with ten flower sprays on the shoulder below a ruyi band at the neck framing stylised trefoils. The reign mark is well written on the base. 7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) high, box
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI DRAGON' JAR XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) The jar is finely potted with a slightly compressed globular body rising to a vertical neck and lipped rim, supported on a low and broad foot, finely painted in rich saturated cobalt of inky-blue tone with areas of 'heaping and piling' to depict a striding three-clawed kui dragon with a long snout, curled horns pointed back toward its sinuous, muscular upper body and forelegs, its bifurcated foliate scroll tail extends from behind its wings, its jaws open wide with a floral sprig extending from its tongue. The foot is decorated with a band of petal panels, and a cloud collar with ten flower sprays on the shoulder below a ruyi band at the neck framing stylised trefoils. The reign mark is well written on the base. 7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) high, box
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