The first, a bottle vase, is impressed on the body with a dragon in brown enamel emerging from a mottled brown and amber glaze; the second, a small vase of double-gourd form, is covered on the exterior with a 'tortoiseshell' glaze; together with a greenish-blue and yellow-enameled box and cover with an apocryphal Jiajing mark on the base, late Qing dynasty-early 20th century.
8¹⁄₂ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 4 in. (10 cm.) high; 4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam.

First:
Samuel M. (1830-1914) and Matilda (1837-1912) Nickerson Collection, Chicago, before 1900.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1900.

Second:
Ms. R. R. Mack Collection, before 1954.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1954.

Third:
Russell Tyson (1867-1963) Collection, Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1964.

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