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DRAGONS FROM THE EMPIRE - IMPERIAL CERAMICS FROM THE YIDETANG COLLECTION
龍行皇天 - 藝德堂珍藏御製陶瓷
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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL YANGCAI PUCE,
BLUE, AND BLACK-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’SGRAFFITO PINK-GROUND TEA BOWL AND
COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bowl is finely enamelled in puce enamel with a dragon and phoenix in flight with
eyes picked out in black amid blue-enamelled clouds above a band of conjoined ruyi heads
and a band of dots around the foot, against a pale pink-enamelled sgraffito ground incised
with feathery scrolls. The cover is similarly decorated. The top of the cover and the base of
the bowl are inscribed with the iron-red reign marks reserved on a turquoise enamel. The
interiors are covered with a transparent glaze.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam., box
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23-24 April 1975, lot 342
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2008, lot 125
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

清乾隆 御製洋彩粉地錦上添花藍料胭脂紅
彩描金龍鳳呈祥紋蓋盌 礬紅六字篆書款
來源
紐約蘇富比，1975 年 4 月 23-24 日，拍品 342 號
紐約蘇富比，2008 年 9 月 16 日，拍品 125 號

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