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A FINE AND LARGE BLUE 清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮雙龍耳扁壺
AND WHITE ‘LOTUS SCROLL’ 《大清乾隆年製》款
MOONFLASK
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF 來源：
QIANLONG 香港蘇富比1988年5月17日，編號183
香港佳士得1995年10月30日，編號668A
well modelled with a flattened globular body 香港佳士得2010年12月1日，編號3057
tapering to an oval foot, surmounted by a tall
waisted neck flanked by a pair of archaistic
dragon handles, boldly painted in vivid tones of
cobalt blue with simulated ‘heaping and piling’,
depicting large stylised lotuses and smaller
attendant blooms borne on an undulating foliate
meander, between pendent ruyi heads and
upright lappets, all below a band of plantain
leaves at the neck, the mouth and foot encircled
by bands of cresting waves, the underside
inscribed with a six-character seal mark
44.5 cm, 17½ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 17th May 1988, lot 183.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th October 1995, lot
668A.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st December 2010, lot
3057.
HK$ 20,000,000-30,000,000
US$ 2,560,000-3,840,000
Mark SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
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