A RELIEF-MOLDED TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED 'CHILONG' VASE QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY |

the shield-shaped body rising from a ribbed foot to a tall flaring neck, the lower body molded with a band of chrysanthemum petals, with single horizontal bands at the neck and foot, the sloping shoulder encircled by an aubergine-glazed sinuous dragon finely modeled in openwork, the vase applied with a turquoise glaze suffused with a faint crackle, the biscuit base unglazed, wood stand, Japanese wood box (4) 

The vase is in good condition with very little wear to the surface and only very minor frits to the footring.
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