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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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A GILT AND IRON-RED DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE
SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER
MAOQIN DIAN MARK IN GILT AND IRON RED, JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The domed cover is finely painted with a pair of three-clawed dragons in gilt and outlined
in iron red with flames rising from their haunches as they circle a rectangular cartouche
enclosing the characters Maoqin Dian (Hall of Merit and Diligence) in seal script, all
reserved against a ground of pencilled pale underglaze-blue clouds. The box is similarly
decorated with a pair of dragons.
9 in. (23 cm.) diam., box
PROVENANCE
J.M. Hu Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 15 September 1999, lot 91
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

清嘉慶 青花金紅彩龍紋「懋勤殿」大印盒 六字篆書款
來源
暫得樓舊藏
紐約蘇富比，1999 年 9 月 15 日，拍品 91 號

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