Sale 1976
New York
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19 March 2008
Price realised
USD 28,600
Estimate
A PAIR OF IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED CUPS QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Each of bell shape, finely painted in iron red with two dragons racing above a band of foam-flecked waves and separated by cruciform clouds, between double blue line borders 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III.
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