A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD | 清乾隆 白地綠彩雲龍趕珠紋蓋罐 《大清乾隆年製》款

A GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' JAR AND COVER

QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

清乾隆 白地綠彩雲龍趕珠紋蓋罐 《大清乾隆年製》款

well potted with a tapering ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and a short neck, painted to the exterior in rich tones of green enamel with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst cloud scrolls, all between a register of bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems') encircling the shoulder and a border of lotus-lappet skirting the foot, the flat-topped cover decorated with a writhing dragon chasing a flaming pearl and a ruyi border to the side, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

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Height 20.5 cm, 8 in.