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PROPERTY FROM AN  IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
         2903
         AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE IMPERIAL BLUE-
         GLAZED GILT-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ VASE,
         YUHUCHUNPING
         YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
         The vase is elegantly potted with an elongated pear-shaped body
         rising to a slender neck and flared mouth, supported on a slightly
         splayed foot. It is covered inside and out with a rich, deep blue
         glaze, with traces of a dragon motif visible on the body. The base
         is applied with a transparent glaze, the unglazed foot ring revealing
         the fine white body.
         10 in. (25.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
         HK$3,000,000-5,000,000        US$390,000-640,000


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