PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR A MOLDED CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' VASEQianlong seal mark, 19th century / Republic period The square-sectioned baluster-form body rising from a low, spreading foot to a generous midsection, and a waisted neck constructed with angular walls forming a wan character, the sides molded with an intricate central frieze of angular ' kuilong ' scrollwork intertwined with meandering lotus all between lappets above and below, further ' kuilong ' scrollwork at the shoulder and neck, the rim gilt, the base with an impressed six-character seal mark, covered overall with a vitreous seafoam-green glaze. 16 1/4in (41.3cm) high Provenance: Fa. A.C. Beeling & Zn Hofleverancier, Leeuwarden, by repute (according to label) Missions de Scheut, Brussels, 16 February 1964 Collection of Mr. Francis W. Feeney H.R. Hancock, London, by repute (according to label) Canadian Private Collection Acquired from the above, 1996