A FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND CIRCULAR STEM-BOX AND COVER, DENG

IRON-RED DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

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A FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND CIRCULAR STEM-BOX AND COVER, DENG
iron-red daoguang six-character mark and probably of the period
Enamelled from the domed foot and high cylindrical stem to the rotund box and domed cover with five successive bands each enclosing one or two dragons in mutual pursuit among clouds, alternately in pink, turquoise, gilt or blue, the cover surmounted by a small iron-red knop finial
10½in. (26.5cm.) high

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A similar example of the Qianlong period was exhibited in Qing Porcelain From the Wah Kwong Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, fig.47.; other examples of this shape were exhibited, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing From the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue, nos.120 and 121.

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