This vase has a tall neck with everted lip and globular body. The neck and shoulder are modelled with two dragons (qilong) pursuing a pearl, all under a closely crackled turquoise glaze. It is not possible to fire a turquoise glaze on a true hard-paste body without it crackling.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 117

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 31 August 1965 (£300)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2