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A SUPERBLY ENAMELLED BLUE- 清乾隆 藍地洋彩軋道花卉紋蓋鍾
GROUND ‘YANGCAI’ SGRAFFIATO 《大清乾隆年製》款
‘FLORAL’ BOWL AND COVER
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF 來源：
QIANLONG 傳法國諾曼第私人收藏

finely potted with deep rounded sides rising
from a short splayed foot to an everted rim, the
exterior meticulously decorated in variegated
tones of rose pink, yellow and iron red with an
opulent design of luxuriant stylised budding
and blooming floral blossoms, including lotus,
anemone and honeysuckle, the flower heads
rendered borne on undulating stems issuing
curling foliage, all against a blue ground picked
out in the sgraffiato technique with dense
feathery arabesques, all between a gilt rim and
footring, the gilt-rimmed domed cover similarly
decorated with three large floral blooms issuing
from foliate scrolls bearing smaller flowers, all
reserved on a sgraffiato blue ground, the base
of the bowl and centre of the finial enamelled
turquoise and centred with an underglaze-blue
six-character seal mark within a white cartouche
9.8 cm, 3⅞ in.

PROVENANCE
A French private collection, Normandy, by repute.

HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 640,000-895,000

Mark Mark
38 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比