Sale 12548
Hong Kong
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5 April 2016
Price realised
HKD 137,500
Estimate
A GILT-DECORATED POWDER BLUE-GROUND 'DRAGON' VASE GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908) The vase is covered to the exterior in a rich powder-blue glaze and painted in gilt with a pair of five clawed dragons striding above waves in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl'. 17 1/8 in. (43.3. cm.) high
Provenance
Sheung Kai Hong (1893-1960) and by descent to the present owner
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