Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

The sky blue jar is decorated under the glaze with cobalt blue and white slip ‘dragons
and clouds’ in a circular design. Recessed within the low foot, the sky-blue base of
the jar is painted with a six-character Qianlong reign mark in seal script.
The jar was formerly in the Collection of Thomas English Cody, whose great-uncle
was the famous Buffalo Bill Cody. Buffalo Bill Cody brought the Wild West to
American audiences; Thomas English brought the Far East to America with his
collection of Chinese art.
Compare a pear-shaped vase with near identical decoration of dragons and
scrollwork in the Royal Collection Trust (RCIN 730).