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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE DOUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is boldy decorated to the exterior with a colourful five-clawed dragon and a phoenix amidst a spreading branch of tree peony that extends to the tall neck, all set between a band of petal lappets encircling the foot and a band of classic scroll around the rim where a rectangular panel encloses an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark in a horizontal line.
25½ in. (63.5 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is boldy decorated to the exterior with a colourful five-clawed dragon and a phoenix amidst a spreading branch of tree peony that extends to the tall neck, all set between a band of petal lappets encircling the foot and a band of classic scroll around the rim where a rectangular panel encloses an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark in a horizontal line.
25½ in. (63.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 November 1986, lot 306.
With Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco.
Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 333.
With Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco.
Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 333.
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