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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
2946
A RARE LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE
RESERVE-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ VASE, MEIPING
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The vase is strongly potted with a broad rounded shoulder, the tapered body is finely
incised and reserved in white with a sinuous five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming
pearl amidst ruyi-clouds and above turbulent waves crashing against rocky boulders, all
reserved on an inky-blue cobalt ground imitating the Ming-style ‘heaping and piling’
effect. The base is unglazed.
14Ω in. (36.8 cm.) high
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 April 2001, lot 657
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
清十八世紀 青花留白暗刻海水雲龍紋梅瓶
來源
香港佳士得，2001 年 4 月 30 日，拍品 657 號
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