Dekor runt utsidan med två femkloade drakar som strider om den flammande pärlan bland molnformationer ovan vilda skummande vågor. Botten med inristat märke i sigillskrift som lyder "Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi". Diameter inre mynning 28,5 cm. Diameter bredaste delen 50 cm. Höjd 34 cm.
Glasyr med krackelyr.
From the Collection of Gun Kessle and Jan Myrdal, Fagersta.
Compare also lot 56, Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, 7 November 2013. A jardinere of an earlier period and other shape, but of the same type of painting.
Compare also, Chrisites, lot 3024, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 27 Nov 2019, Hong Kong.
See examples of larger and earlier vessels with a similar dragon decoration in John Ayers, Chinese an Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, China - Wares of the Qing dynasty ( 1 6 4 4 – 1 9 1 1 ). Page 203. Item no 423. It can also bee seen on the Collection web site. Inventory no RCIN 78436.