A famille rose 'nine dragon' brush pot, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).
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Decorated in deep relief with nine dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formation above waves. All decorated in famille rose colours. The top of the rim decorated with cherry blossom against a cracked ice ground in turquoise. Height 15.5 cm.
Firing flaws.
Provenance
From the collection of Johan Adolf Drougge, 1867-1956). A Swedish M.D. at Karolinska Institutet, who served as a doctor at the Kronoberg regiment 1903-1910, and at the Göta lifeguards from 1910. He was also a portrait painter, and has been exhibited at Liljevalchs in Stockholm. He was a passionate art and antiques collector and started a fund for research called the Adolf Drougge stiftelse.
Exhibitions
For other lots from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 645, lot 247. A west Anatolian "Lotto" rug, 17th century,
Literature
Litterature; see his om depicted in Svenska Hem i ord och bild 1926, page 233-243..