A LARGE CHINESE IRON-RED 'DRAGON' VASE, MEIPING

Possibly Ming Dynasty

The tapered body rising to a broad shoulder and gently-waisted neck, painted with four oval panels, each enclosing a pair of five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst cloud swirls and flames, the panels interspersed with flowerheads issuing from scrolling leafy stems, the lower part of the body decorated with flying dragons chasing flaming pearls beneath a band of overlapping petals and above a key fret border, the shoulder with a similar design, all painted over anhua decoration, the base unglazed,

44cm high

或為明 礬紅雲龍戲珠紋梅瓶