A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

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A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Of small size and flattened form, well painted to each face with a pair of dragons descending to enclose a shou medallion, the long sinuous bodies with elaborate streaming scrolls extending to surround a stylised bat medallion, the arched handles joined at the body with ruyi-head terminals and reserved with florettes on a blue ground (broken at neck)
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl. 17, a, b, c.

Cf. an example sold in these Rooms, 26 September 1989, lot 657; and a pair sold, 18 March 1991, lot 568.

(US$2,000-2,500)

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