A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BALUSTER VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of tall baluster form rising to a wide flared mouth, painted overall with writhing four-clawed dragons amidst flaming clouds in pursuit of the 'flaming pearl', divided at the neck by a chevron band above various auspicious emblems, the interior rim with a narrow band of dragons and clouds, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double circle

Geoffrey Waters, London, 23rd June 2000.

There are three long cracks to the neck with some minute chips along their edges that have been filled. There is a star crack to the body.
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