Details
The sides are decorated with two five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls alternating with two phoenixes, all amidst foliate scroll between a band of 'The Three Friends of Winter' on the shoulder and ribbon-tied 'precious objects' above the foot.

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514 in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Professor Emil Balla (1885-1956) Collection, Marburg, Germany.
Private collection, Pennsylvania.
Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 171.
J.J. Lally & Co. , New York, no.1563 (according to label).
Exhibited
Temporary loan: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1955.
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