Lidded jar with a dragon in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

Lidded jar with a dragon in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

• Image Number: C1B000223N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Round mouth, short neck, short tubular body, slightly bulging, hooped, covered. The whole vessel is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue. The design of the outer wall decoration is simple and elegant. In the white outer wall, only dragon dragons are painted as decorations, and the proportion of the blank area is very high. The body of the dragon is composed of geometric moire patterns. The four feet have fingers and claws, and the tail is divided into two strands. One strand extends very long across the wall. The brisk movement is in contrast to the layers of sticky dragon body, while the thick blue color is in contrast to the large white area on the outer wall. The foot margin is exposed for one circle, and the foot underglaze blue and white book “made in the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty” is a double line six character regular script with double circles.