Of long neck, straight mouth, and globular body, rouge red painted the five-clawed dragon with bulging eyes flying among the clouds, rocks and waves are depicted surrounding the foot. Auction and Literature Comparison Compare a related vase, also dated to same period but different shape, at China Guardian on 3 December 2020, lot2462, sold for RMB 1,150,000. Also see Zhongguo Guojia Bowuguan Guancang Wenwu Yanjiucongshu —Ciqi Juan (Qing Dai), China National Museum, Shanghai, 2007, p123., figure84. Width:22.5cm, Height:39.3cm, Auction and Literature Comparison：Compare a related vase, also dated to same period but different shape, at China Guardian in Selected Ceramics and Works of Art on 3 December 2020, lot246, sold for RMB1,150,000. Also see Zhongguo Guojia Bowuguan Guancang Wenwu Yanjiucongshu —Ciqi Juan (Qing Dai), China National Museum, Shanghai, 2007, p123., figure84. Provenance: Private estate collection from Toshio Nomura. Toshio Nomura (1930-2014) was a Japanese businessman in Kansai area and a private collector. His maternal grandfather, Hisashi Ueno, began working at the Tianjin Concession Consulate in 1913. During his 27 years in China, he collected a large number of Chinese works of art, with a wide range of interests, particularly in porcelain and metal pieces. WALNUT TREE AUCTION HOUSE provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater.