Porcelain with underglaze blue painting China, Guangxu Period (1875 – 1908) This large vase shows an appealing slender baluster shape with a flared neck and tapered foot. It is solidly pottered with orange peel surface and due to the generous size slightly bended. It was potted in two pieces, visible at the shoulder. Depicted are five dragons, all with five claws, confronting each other in fight for the flaming pearl. The hand painting is of very high quality. The base with apocryphal six-character Xuande mark. Shape: Slender baluster shape Dimensions: 59 cm (height), 14,7 cm (upper diameter) Condition: Excellent condition Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Literature comparison: for a Guangxu dragon vase of comparable size see Sotheby’s, SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY'S: ASIAN ART, 17 SEPTEMBER 2016, NEW YORK, lot 925. 光緒年間大型青花龍紋瓶 陶瓷，青花釉下彩 中國，光緒年間 (1875 – 1908) 本器器形修長，折沿，削肩，收腹，撇足，造型饱满。在肩部可發現桔皮紋。瓶身描繪的是五條五爪飛龍，张口怒目，鬃发上冲，相互抗持，爭奪火珠，氣勢恢弘、栩栩如生。瓶底有六字宣德款。 瓶形 尺寸：高59 cm，上部直徑 14,7 cm 品相極好 奧地利私人老收藏，上世紀三十年代至五十年代間購入 文獻參考：意見類似尺寸的光緒龍紋瓶可見蘇富比《周六蘇富比：亞洲藝術》，2016年9月17日，紐約925號拍品。