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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘PARROT’ BOXES AND COVERS
LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The boxes are decorated in mirror image with a parrot perched on a bamboo stalk growing
beside a chrysanthemum stem bearing yellow, pink and blue blossoms. The sides of the cover
and box are covered in a peach-coloured enamel glaze decorated with gilt foliate medallions,
and with gilt key-fret bands at the rims. The bases are inscribed with four-character
fushou ruyi marks ‘May you have a long life with all wishes come true’ in iron-red within
double squares.
9º in. (23.5 cm.) diam. (2)
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
The private collection of a Philadelphia Family, sold at Christie’s New York,
1-2 December 1994, lot 458
Sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 2281

晚清/民初 粉彩描金鸚鵡菊花紋蓋盒一對 礬紅彩雙方框「福壽如意」款
來源:
美國費城私人家族舊藏，紐約佳士得，1994年12月1-2日，拍品458號
紐約佳士得，2015年9月17日，拍品2281號
(marks)

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