A gilt-decorated blue-ground 'Dragon' vase, Qing Dynasty 19th century, the globular body surmounted by a slender waisted neck decorated in gilding with two dragons confronted on a flaming pearl among cloud scrolls above a band of crested waves repeated on the neck between formal borders, all reserved on the rich blue ground 38 cm. Literature: Compare with a vase sold Sotheby's Paris, 11 June 2009, lot 181