A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND PERHAPS OF THE PERIOD

Painted to the exterior with many archaistic dragons contained between ruyi-heads and lappets, with stylised foliate sprays and pendant leaves to the tall broad neck, the rim encircled by a band of crashing waves, all raised on a short foot decorated with a continuous scroll, 26.5cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.