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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ EWER
Qianlong, the Persian metal cover and mounts 19th century
Elegantly potted of flattened pear-shape rising from a short spreading
foot, moulded and painted in a vibrant cobalt blue on either side with
a tear-drop-shaped panel depicting a writhing five-clawed dragon
amidst clouds and flames, reserved on a dense floral meander
between key-fret pattern and lappets around the neck and a classic
scroll around the foot, the tapered spout with florets and cloud scrolls,
and connected to the neck with a ruyi-cloud strut, the metal mount
forming the arched handle, the flaring neck and the high domed cover
engraved with Arabic calligraphic roundels alternating with rabbits and
birds between scrolling arabesques, the finial inset with green glass.
36.9cm (14 1/2in) high.
£30,000 - 50,000
CNY240,000 - 390,000
清乾隆 青花雲龍紋執壺 配鑲十九世紀波斯壺柄及蓋
Provenance: Christie’s London, 12th July 2005, lot 169
來源:倫敦佳士得,2005年7月12日,拍品編號169
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