A FAMILLE VERTE 'DRAGON' WATER POT, LATE QING DYNASTY TO EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD China, 1850-1930. The cylindrical porcelain body rising to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a waisted neck with everted gilt rim, the exterior painted in gilt, iron-red, emerald-green, white, and yellow enamels, with two confronting five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amid clouds above a wave border and below a band of pendent trefoils divided by dots.

Provenance: From a private estate in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The wood base with an old inventory number '8693'.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities. The wood base with natural age cracks, few nicks and scratches, and minor losses to one foot with and associated old repair.

Weight: 245.3 g (excl. base), 330.4 g (incl. base)
Dimensions: Height 8.1 cm (excl. base), 12.2 cm (incl. base)

The recessed base with an apocryphal iron-red six-character seal mark da Qing Jiaqing nianzhi. With a wood stand dating to the same period. (2)



清末民初硬彩龍紋水丞
中國，1850-1930年。侈口，束頸，溜肩，直壁，圈足。外壁使用綠彩、礬紅釉、黃彩以及描金描繪雙龍戲珠。五爪龍騰飛與波浪之上。

來源：英國白金漢郡舊藏。木底座上舊標籤“8693”。
品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損，燒製瑕疵。木底座有自然老化裂縫，少量刻痕和劃痕，並且由於舊的維修和相關的舊維修而導致一隻腳的輕微損失。

重量：245.3 克 (不含底座)，總330.4 克
尺寸：高 8.1 厘米 (不含底座)，總12.2 厘米

圈足内礬紅釉六字偽款“大清嘉慶年製”。木底座來自同期。