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Newspaper, November 1998, p. 12, and one sold at Christie’s New York,
21 September 2004, lot 331. The single-dragon design is also found on
blue and white moonflasks , such as the example in the Matsuoka Art
Museum, Tokyo, illustrated by J. Ayers and M. Sato (eds.), Sekai toji
zenshu - 15 - Qing, Tokyo, 1983, p. 150, no. 152, where the parent
dragon is painted with head turned in three-quarter view, and which is
most probably the pair to another moonflask painted in mirror-image
from the collection of Mrs. E. Wright, sold at Christie’s London, 16
December 1981, lot 36 (fig. 2), and one with a front-facing dragon, sold
at Sotheby’s London, 7 November 2007, lot 407.

Qianlong moonflasks of this size are more commonly found in blue and
white, see an example in the Matsuoka Art Museum, Tokyo, illustrated
by J. Ayers and M. Sato (eds.), Sekai toji zenshu - 15 - Qing, Tokyo,
1983, p. 150, no. 152, where the parent dragon is painted with head
turned in three-quarter view, and which is most probably the pair to
another moonflask painted in mirror-image from the collection of Mrs.
E. Wright, sold at Christie’s London, 16 December 1981, lot 36.

一件小型的乾隆鬥彩抱月瓶，見上揭書圖版241號，其主題紋飾為雙龍
戲珠紋，設色與此相近。

其他乾隆鬥彩抱月瓶皆為單龍，包括區百齡珍藏中一對，其1998年曾於
倫敦皇家學院《區百齡珍藏百件名瓷展覽》展出，及紐約佳士得2004 fig. 2 Sold at Christie’s London, 16 December 1981, lot 36
年9月21日拍賣一件，拍品331號（圖二）。該種單龍的紋飾設計亦可見
圖二 倫敦佳士得，1981年12月16日，拍品36號
於同期之青花抱月瓶上，如東京松岡美術館所藏一件，載於《世界陶
磁全集》，第15集，東京，1983年，頁150，圖版152號，其龍首微側，與E.
Wright女士舊藏1981年12月16日倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品36號，似原為一
對。另參考一件龍首為正面的青花例子，2007年11月7日於倫敦蘇富比
拍賣，拍品407號。

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