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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
         3051

         A LARGE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE
         ‘MYTHICAL BEASTS’ LANTERN VASE
         QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
         The vase is painted in shades of inky cobalt blue with a continuous
         fanciful scene of mythical beasts in a tree-strewn landscape,
         romping among pine trees, jagged rocks and wispy clouds.
         22 ¡ in. (56.6 cm.) high, box
         HK$1,000,000-1,500,000        US$130,000-190,000
         Only one other vase of almost identical form and design from the
         Palace Museum, Beijing appears to be published, illustrated in The
         Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and
         White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 149,
         pl. 135. (fig. 1)

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                                                                   fig. 1  Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
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