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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FINE MAGNIFICENT CARVED ‘DRAGON’ CELADON-GLAZED MEIPING
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FINE MAGNIFICENT CARVED ‘DRAGON’ CELADON-GLAZED MEIPING
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The elegantly potted vase is carved around the body in shallow relief with three sinuous ferocious dragons amidst clouds between breaking waves around the base and bands of upright plantain leaves, key-pattern and ruyi lappets around the neck and shoulder, all under a fine and even pale sea-green celadon glaze.
13 in. (33 cm.) high
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The elegantly potted vase is carved around the body in shallow relief with three sinuous ferocious dragons amidst clouds between breaking waves around the base and bands of upright plantain leaves, key-pattern and ruyi lappets around the neck and shoulder, all under a fine and even pale sea-green celadon glaze.
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Albert Keller
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 4 June 1982, lot 219
The Jingguantang Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Jingguantang Collection: Magnificent Chinese Works of Art, 3 November 1996, lot 572
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 4 June 1982, lot 219
The Jingguantang Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Jingguantang Collection: Magnificent Chinese Works of Art, 3 November 1996, lot 572
Literature
Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 343, no. 210
The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 34
The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 34
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