Porcelain, covered with a light green glaze and moulded with a five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the cloud ground pierced through to reveal the inner body.
The base with an incised four-character mark 'made by Wang P'ing-jung'.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Qing Dynasty
Circa
1780
CE
-
1850
CE
Mark
Accession number: MAR.C.161-1912
Primary reference Number: 184233
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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