Flask with Dragons

1736-1795 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736?95))

26 cm 32.4 cm 5.8 cm

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This moonflask of white porcelain is painted with underglaze blue and red designs. A five-clawed red dragon is depicted on either side, facing forward with its body coiled to protect a flaming pearl at the center. Flames issue from the scaly serpentine body of the dragon. In b...

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22783
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William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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