Lot 1254
1254
A RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED STEM BOWLS AND COVERS
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A RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED STEM BOWLS AND COVERS

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED STEM BOWLS AND COVERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each stem bowl is finely potted and vividly painted in iron-red with two winged dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, and the interior with a seal mark in the center. The domed cover is decorated with two dragons below the reticulated finial modeled as a chicken, the interior of the cover with another seal mark in iron-red.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam., fitted boxes
Provenance
Christie's New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1466.
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Lot Essay

A Qianlong-marked stem bowl of the same size and decoration, in the collection of the Tianjin Museum, is illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics - 15 - Qing, Shanghai, 2000, no. 83. For a photograph of numerous identical stem bowls, shown in situ for use in ritual offerings in the 'Hall of the Sun Buddha', see Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1998, pp. 267-7.

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