Dragon-Ear Vase - Green Glaze Chinese Porcelain

This Chinese vase is glazed all over in a single, glossy apple green, and two dragons form its handles: each has a crested head at the top of the neck and a body that bends down in an S to a scrolled tail. Between them the tall, cylindrical neck opens into a flat, dished mouth.

A fine network of crackle runs through the glaze from neck to foot. The body is globular on a spreading, stepped foot, with thin raised rings at the base of the neck and round the foot. Formed by hand, the vase is green even on the recessed base, where a six-character Kangxi mark is a feature of the style rather than a date; the unglazed foot ring shows the pale body.

Green glazes have a long history in China. Celadons, called qingci, were made at the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang, and crackled apple-green glazes appear on Qing porcelain. In Chinese art the dragon is a sign of protection and of imperial rule.

Inside a glass-fronted cabinet among blue and white pieces, the single colour and the modelled handles stand out clearly, and the crackle catches the light when the doors are opened.

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