A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE LEMON YELLOW-GROUND ‘NINE-DRAGON’ DENG AND COVER

A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE LEMON YELLOW-GROUND ‘NINE-DRAGON’ DENG AND COVER

QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The bowl is brilliantly enamelled with a pair of dragons striding above waves in pursuit of a flaming pearl below a key-fret band, supported on a tall stem decorated with two bands of dragons, all raised on a domed foot with two further dragons above waves. The similarly decorated cover is surmounted by an iron-red spherical finial. The bright enamels are reserved on a lemon-yellow ground. There is an impressed mark on the underside of the cover and the underside of the bowl.

10 ¾ in. (27 cm) high, box