Chinese blue and white dragon vase, dated from Kangxi Period, tall baluster form rising to a rounded shoulder collared with a shallow stepped ring, below waisted neck flaring at the mouth, painted in brilliant tones of cobalt blue in line and wash with two leaping four clawed dragons,each rising from white capped swirling waves around the base, chasing after a flaming pearl above angular rocks, all beneath pencilled borders of spirals and circles at the neck
H: 18 3/8"(46.8 cm)
Provenance: Collection of W.H.Nicholson, Edinburgh, and thence by descent, Chait Gallery ,New York label in the bottom
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Condition: in overall good condition with minor surface wear and scratch, nicks and glaze flake around the rim

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