A FAMILLE VERTE ‘DRAGON’ WATER POT, LATE QING DYNASTY TO EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD 清末民初硬彩龍紋水丞China, 1850-1930. The cylindrical porcelain body rising to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a waisted neck with everted gilt rim, the exterior painted in gilt, iron-red, emerald-green, white, and yellow enamels, with two confronting five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amid clouds above a wave border and below a band of pendent trefoils divided by dots. Provenance: From a private estate in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The wood base with an old inventory number ‘8693’. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities. The wood base with natural age cracks, few nicks and scratches, and minor losses to one foot with and associated old repair.Weight: 245.3 g (excl. base), 330.4 g (incl. base) Dimensions: Height 8.1 cm (excl. base), 12.2 cm (incl. base)The recessed base with an apocryphal iron-red six-character seal mark da Qing Jiaqing nianzhi. With a wood stand dating to the same period. (2)清末民初硬彩龍紋水丞中國，1850-1930年。侈口，束頸，溜肩，直壁，圈足。外壁使用綠彩、礬紅釉、黃彩以及描金描繪雙龍戲珠。五爪龍騰飛與波浪之上。 來源：英國白金漢郡舊藏。木底座上舊標籤“8693”。 品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損，燒製瑕疵。木底座有自然老化裂縫，少量刻痕和劃痕，並且由於舊的維修和相關的舊維修而導致一隻腳的輕微損失。 重量：245.3 克 (不含底座)，總330.4 克 尺寸：高 8.1 厘米 (不含底座)，總12.2 厘米 圈足内礬紅釉六字偽款“大清嘉慶年製”。木底座來自同期。