Amidst the Peonies

Jingdezhen, 1830-1880
Height: 6.75 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.7/1.4 cm
Stopper: glass, carved with a coiled chi dragon

Provenance:
Agatha Aronson
Jin Hing Co., Los Angeles, September 2012

Iron-red and black enamel on colourless glaze on white porcelain; with a wide mouth, convex lip, and recessed flat, elongated-oval foot surrounded by a protruding flat, elongated-oval foot rim; painted with a continuous design of what appears to be a four-clawed dragon flying amidst blossoming peonies, the interior and foot glazed.