Description
H.: 25 cm
Condition:
- With a vertical hairline of ca. 11,5 cm going through the eye of the phoenix, visible on in- and outside and another hairline of ca. 6 cm visible on the inside only.
- With recurring very small green speckles in the more densely decorated areas.
Provenance:
- A private collection, Belgium
- Acquired in London in the 3rd quarter of the 20th C.
See also:
- Sotheby's, London, 11/11/2015, Important Chinese Art, Lot 49, for another copper-red dragon and phoenix vase. (link)
- The catalogue to the exhibition La Splendeur Du Feu: Chefs-D'oeuvre de la Porcelaine Chinoise de Jingdezhen du XII au XVIII Siecle, Centre Culturel de Chine a Paris, Paris, 2004, cat. no. 31., for an underglaze-red vase of Qianlong mark and period decorated with a similar dragon amongst clouds and bats, with red eyes instead of the black eyes seen on the Sotheby's vase.
Lot 974
This lot was sold on 11 February and is no longer available