Various Owners各方藏家A blue-and-white 'dragon' bottle vaseKangxi period24.4cm high注脚Provenance:See an Old Friend Arts and Antiques, Hong KongThe four-claw dragon is a familiar motif during the Kangxi period. It appears in underglaze-blue and copper-red, coloured enamel, as well as doucai. Probably the most similar decoration to this lot appears on a bottled vase, see Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, 1989, p. 23． The closest shape is found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, published in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 5清康熙 青花龍紋蘿蔔尊 青花雙圈底款傳承：香港緣來畫廊四爪龍紋是康熙時期常見的紋飾，青花、釉裏紅、釉上彩乃至鬥彩的形式都有呈現。與該拍品畫工最接近的當屬《故宮珍藏：康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，北京，1989年，第23頁中載一蘿蔔尊，而器形最接近的,見維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館一釉裏紅蘿蔔尊，載於柯玫瑰，《清代中國瓷器》，倫敦，1986年，圖版5