Nine Dragons

Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, 1821-1850
Height: 6.38 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.61/1.39 cm
Stopper: ruby; silver collar

Provenance:
Robert Kleiner, May 2009

Published:
Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles, Part 1, Web publication, e-yaji.com.

 

Transparent, crackled glaze on cobalt pigment on beige porcelain; with a convex lip and recessed flat, circular foot surrounded by a protruding convex, circular foot rim; painted in underglaze blue with nine medallions in three registers each with a four-clawed dragon enclosing a flaming pearl amidst formalized clouds, the foot inscribed in underglaze blue seal script Daoguang nian zhi 道光年製 (‘Made in the Daoguang era’).

Alexander Whittaker