A CHINESE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

The lobed body with an ovoid mid section painted with six writhing dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, the slightly flared upper and lower section with scrolling lotus on tendrils, the base with a recessed glazed circle within an unglazed band, with a paper label for Christie's, The Edward James Collection, 3-4th June 1986, 43cm.

Provenance: the Edward James Collection and then an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s, purchased from Christie's London, 3-4th June 1986, lot 760.