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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON'
MALLET VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The neck is painted in cobalt blue with a three-clawed
archaistic dragon above three Daoist emblems around
the body interspersed with clouds. The base is inscribed
with an apocryphal four-character Chenghua mark.
9 in. (22.7 cm.) high, box
HK$180,000-250,000
US$24,000-32,000

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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AN AMBER-GLAZED AND BROWN-
ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' BOTTLE
VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated on the body with a stylised dragon
in brown enamel emerging from a mottled amber glaze.
16 in. (41 cm.) high, box
HK$100,000-150,000
US$13,000-19,000
It is rare to find bottle vases of this type painted with
abstract dragons in such a free spirited style. A similar vase
of almost identical form, size and design is illustrated in R.
L. Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection: Catalogue
of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain,
vol. V, London, 1926. pl. 68, E. 333.

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