Sale 2598
London, South Kensington
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11 November 2011
Price realised
GBP 37,250
Estimate
A WHITE-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL VASE QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95) With angled shoulder and flaring rim, delicately moulded and carved around the body with a dragon and a phoenix in flight amidst scrolling cloud, all below a key-fret band above the foot and a ruyi border to the shoulder, the rim encircled with stylised bats 10 in. (27 cm.) high, wood stand
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