Chinois
A Chinese Green-Enameled Dragon Jar, Qianlong Mark and Period (1736-1795)
porcelaine et émail
7 7/8 x 7 3/8 x 7 3/8 po, 20 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm
Estimation : 80 000 $ - 100 000 $ CAD
Vendu pour : 97 250 $
Exposition à : Heffel Toronto – 13 avenue Hazelton
PROVENANCE
Collection de Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951)
Collection de Nanette B. Kelekian, jusqu’en 2005
Sotheby’s New York, 11 septembre 2012, lot 267
Collection privée, Toronto
Of ovoid tapering body rising to a rounded broad shoulder and a short straight neck. Decorated in green enamel with a pair of dragons each chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds and flames, all embraced between a frieze of the Eight Buddhist Emblems to the shoulder and a lappet band. Having six Qianlong mark in blue to the base.
The present jar is exceptional for its bold painting of two large dragons chasing flaming pearls. Each of the details including the dragons, Buddhist emblems and borders are finely outlined in cobalt blue. The cobalt blue is also used to create texture and a sense of movement through the dragons’ fine fish-like scales and their flowing manes.
Even though this type of green dragon design is most often found on dishes and bowls during the 18thCentury, their presence on jars is rarer. Compare with published examples such as the covered jar illustrated in Chinese Ceramics - The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 114; and in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, CAFA, Hong Kong, 1969, pl. 13.
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