CHINESE REPUBLIC 'NINE DRAGONS' PORCELAIN VASE

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CHINESE SCHOOL (REPUBLIC PERIOD, 1912�1949, JINGDEZHEN) HAND-THROWN PORCELAIN IN SECTIONAL JOINT CONSTRUCTION, DUAL FIRED IN WOOD-BURNING KILN (CHAIYAO)..BEARS AN APOCRYPHAL UNDERGLAZE BLUE SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK TO BASE: DA QING QIANLONG NIAN ZHI � "GREAT QING QIANLONG PERIOD MADE" A MONUMENTAL SECTIONAL-THROWN LANTERN VASE WITH DISH MOUTH, PAINTED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE DEPICTING TURBULENT HAITAO SEA WAVES, COMPRISING NINE DYNAMIC FIVE-CLAWED IMPERIAL DRAGONS (JIULONG) EXECUTED IN MOULDED SLIP RELIEF OVERGLAZE IRON-RED (FANHONG) WITH TOUCHES OF GREEN ENAMEL TO THE EYES. 28.25 IN HIGH, 12.5 IN DIAMETER AT THE WIDEST POINT, 7.75 IN DIAMTER RIM CONCEIVED IN RETROSPECTIVE HOMAGE TO QIANLONG IMPERIAL PALACE MASTERPIECES, REPLICATING THE HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED CERAMIC TECHNIQUE OF COMBINING UNDERGLAZE COBALT SWELLS WITH CRISPLY DETAILED OVERGLAZE IRON-RED RELIEF DRAGONS.

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