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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ MOONFLASK
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ MOONFLASK
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The circular body is finely pencilled and enamelled on each side in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, and shades of green with a green five-clawed dragon emerging from waves to confront an ascending dragon in iron-red amid cloud-scrolls and flames. The neck is decorated with a pair of ascending bats flanked by a pair of reticulated chilong-form handles. The spreading foot is decorated with bats between further cloud scrolls.
20 in. (51 cm.) high
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The circular body is finely pencilled and enamelled on each side in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, and shades of green with a green five-clawed dragon emerging from waves to confront an ascending dragon in iron-red amid cloud-scrolls and flames. The neck is decorated with a pair of ascending bats flanked by a pair of reticulated chilong-form handles. The spreading foot is decorated with bats between further cloud scrolls.
20 in. (51 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Phillips, London, 12 June 1991, lot 116 (front cover)
Joseph Chan, Hong Kong
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 May 1995, lot 699
Gammon Art, Hong Kong, 1995
A Hong Kong private collection, 1998
Daijindo, Tokyo
Joseph Chan, Hong Kong
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 May 1995, lot 699
Gammon Art, Hong Kong, 1995
A Hong Kong private collection, 1998
Daijindo, Tokyo
Brought to you by
Marco Almeida (安偉達)
SVP, Senior International Specialist, Head of Department & Head of Private Sales
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