A CHINESE WHITE BISCUIT MODEL OF A DRAGON BOAT.Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.Finely and elaborately modelled in the form of a scaly dragon floating amidst rolling waves, the ferocious head with open mouth raised at the prow and long tail bristling with spines curling at the stern, bearing on its back a wide balustraded platform supporting a three story pavilion with delicately pierced walls, windows and sloping roof, the upper section extending beyond the lower section and supported by four pillars entwined with dragons, covered overall with extensive and intricate scrollwork, detailed with the Eight Daoist Immortals carrying various attributes on the lower deck, the upper deck with further figures as if in conversation or in admiration of the surrounding scenery, the base inscribed with Chen Guozhi within a double-rectangle, 27cm long.清十九世紀 素胎白瓷雕龍舟，「陳國治」款 Chen Guozhi is recorded as a ceramic carver active during the Daoguang period. An example of a biscuit brushpot illustrated by S. Kwan, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1983, fig.4, p 18.*For a full condition report, please contact the department.**请您联系我们索取品项报告。*