A BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' VASE
Kangxi
Of slightly compressed globular form, the wide body and shoulder painted in a penciled style with three 'Ming-style' striding dragons amidst fire or cloud scrolls that continue up the neck to a herring-bone band and stylized upright lappets, the upper neck plain beneath a single line at the rim, simple circlets painted between lines at the tall spreading foot, an encircled six-character Chenghua mark to the base.
5 1/2in (14cm)
Footnotes:
清康熙 漿胎青花龍紋瓶
青花「大明成化年製」雙圈楷書款

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York
Purchase by subscription, 1879
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present

來源：
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約
會費購藏，1879年
大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤
¤ Without reserve

Generally, in excellent overall condition. Minute air-bubble pinpricks to the rim and neck but unobtrusive. Attractive and fine penciled design.