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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE ‘NINE-DRAGON’ WINE
CUP
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The cup is finely potted with deep sides rising to a gently flared
mouth rim, decorated in blue and white with nine dragons striding
amidst clouds.
2 À/”ÿ in. (5.6 cm.) diam., box
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000
清雍正 雙圈青花九龍紋酒盃 雙圈六字楷書款
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A VERY RARE COPPER-RED ‘NINE DRAGONS’ 清乾隆 釉裏紅九龍紋直口瓶 六字篆書款
VASE 直口長頸瓶，瓶身以釉裏紅繪九龍戲珠紋，或穿梭於祥雲間，或翻騰於海
面上，姿態各異。九龍紋於青花上較為常見，如北京故宮藏一件較小的乾
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 隆款例子，載於故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《青花釉裡紅（下）》，
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 香港，2000年，頁132，圖版118，及倫敦佳士得2010年5月11日拍賣一
例，拍品210號。另可參考台北故宮博物院所藏一件嘉慶款近似例，著錄
The vase is finely painted in ‘pencil’ style with nine five-clawed 於《嘉慶君遊臺灣–清仁宗文物特展》，台北，2016年，頁286-287，圖
dragons striding powerfully above waves and amid bats and clouds 版III-36，其器型及紋飾構圖與此瓶極為相似，故推測此瓶的燒造年代為
contesting a flaming pearl, below a band of ruyi-heads surrounding 乾隆中後期。
the mouth rim and a key-fret border on the foot rim.
12 in. (30.3 cm.) high, box
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
The motif of nine dragons appears to be more commonly found on
blue and white wares of this period, such as a smaller vase in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with
Underglaze-Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, p. 132, no. 118; and a broad-shouldered vase sold
at Christie’s London, 11 May 2010, lot 210. It is interesting however, to
compare to a Jiaqing-marked vase of a very similar design and shape in
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Lord Jiaqing and the
Journey to Taiwan: A Special Exhibition on Cultural Artifacts of the Qing
Emperor Renzong, Taipei, 2016, pp. 286-7, pl. III-36, suggesting that
this vase was probably made towards the later part of the Qianlong
reign.
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