White China porcelain covered wine pot decorated with dragons in relief, Dehua, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722) The cylindrical shaped body imitating a scroll painting, girded by a thin knotted ribbon and bearing a four-character vertical incised inscription - 西园墨翰 - Xi yuan mo han - "the ink and brush of the western garden". The pouring spout takes the form of a bifid chi dragon climbing up the belly with its turned mouth acting as an opening. A second bifid chi dragon standing on the side of the body, with its body rounded and head down, snakes harmoniously to the ribbon tied to form the handle. The flat lid has a grip button in the shape of a small coiled dragon. The underside is unglazed. Height : 15 cm In a blue box. N°23 inscribed on the box. 清 康熙- 德化窑白釉贴塑螭龙纹壶 Paris private collection - lots 78 to 127, 219 and 220