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A SUPERB MASSIVE CARVED AND
MOULDED ‘DRAGON’ VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The baluster vase is crisply carved and moulded in relief on the
exterior with five three-clawed dragons each grasping a lingzhi
branch, with the central dragon grasping a further lingzhihead in its
mouth, their bodies finely detailed with small raised spots, between a
band of ruyiheads at the shoudlers and a band of upright petals below
and a band of pendent trefoil around the foot. The neck is encircled
by a wide band of upright plantain leaves. The vase is covered overall
in an even sea-green glaze with the exception of the recessed base.
The mouth is bound by a silver mount.
31º in. (79.5 cm.) high

HK$1,800,000-2,600,000 US$240,000-330,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
A Canadian private collection, acquired in the 19thcentury,
by repute
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2016, lot 253
The quality of the carving and moulding on the present vase is especially
crisp, which is only found on imperial porcelain of the highest quality
during this period. Compare a celadon-glazed basin (46.5 cm. high) carved
and moulded in a similar style with a pair of dragons in pursuit of a flaming
pearl dated to the Yongzheng period in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 149, no. 135. Compare also
with a Qianlong-marked blue and white vase in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, painted with nine dragons similarly with dots on their
bodies, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Blue-and-
White Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1968, vol. II, no. 10.

清十八世紀 粉青釉凸花龍銜靈芝紋大瓶

來源:
加拿大私人舊藏，19世紀時期入藏（傳）
紐約蘇富比，2016年9月14日，拍品253號
本瓶凸花紋飾以剔刻及模印方式而成，清晰有力，為同期官窯器中之佼佼
者。北京故宮博物院藏一件雍正粉青釉凸花雲龍紋鉢式缸，其凸花風格、
力度、深淺皆與此瓶相類，見故宮博物藏文物珍品全集《顏色釉》，香港，
1999年，頁149，圖版135號。亦比較台北故宮博物院藏一件乾隆青花九龍
紋瓶，其龍紋形象、刻劃與此瓶十分相近，見《故宮藏瓷-清青花瓷（二）》，
香港，1968年，圖版10號。