A BLUE-GROUND GILT-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, TIANQIUPING Guangxu six-character mark and of the periodA BLUE-GROUND GILT-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, TIANQIUPINGGuangxu six-character mark and of the periodGlazed over the entire globular body, the exterior decorated with a five-clawed dragon chasing after a flaming pearl above cresting waves, all between a band of ruyi borders surrounding the neck and a band of key-fret lappets above the foot, the dark-cobalt-underglaze-blue mark written vertically on the blue-glazed base, the footrim left unglazed. 33cm (13in) high.清光緒 藍地描金龍紋天球瓶青花「大清光緒年製」 楷書款瓶直頸微收，溜肩，圓鼓腹收於圈足，通體施霽藍釉，其上描金，口沿下繪如意雲頭紋一周，通身繪五爪金龍趕珠，空處填以火紋，下腹繪海水波濤，足壁繪拐子回紋一周，足圈露胎，足底書青花「大清光緒年製」六字楷書款。