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PROPERTY OF THE MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE SOLD TO
          BENEFIT THE HELEN MUNSON WILLIAMS ACQUISITION FUND
          孟森-威廉斯-普羅克特藝術學院珍藏
          拍賣收益將用於孟森威廉斯購藏基金
          2863
          A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE                    清乾隆   鬥彩萬福慶壽雙螭龍耳大瓶   六字篆書款
          LARGE DOUCAI VASE                                   瓶口微撇,長頸,鼓腹。通體繪以鬥彩描金紋飾。器腹繪四朵

          QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE   纏枝勾蓮紋,與如意雲頭紋相互纏繞,間以描金萬字紋,頸部
          AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)                       兩側各飾一朵番蓮紋,花心繪以描金壽字紋,下懸靈芝紋,間以
          The spherical body is superbly enamelled with four lotus blossoms   礬紅金彩螭龍耳。頸口、頸底飾細巧如意雲頭紋。頸下飾一圈
          interspersed with smaller lotus blossoms above gilt wan emblems,   雲蝠紋。近底處及足墻上各繪以一圈不同式樣的蓮瓣紋。底部
          all reserved on a lush ground of leafy scrolls, bordered by a band of   書青花「大清乾隆年製」六字篆書款。
          stylised bats above clouds on the shoulder and a band of petal lappets
          above the foot, the tall waisted neck is decorated on either side with   來源:
          a lotus blossom centered by a gilt shou medallion above a cluster of   美國藝術協會藝廊,紐約,1883年6月9日
          lingzhi, all set against leafy scroll and bordered above and below by   海倫·伊麗莎白·孟森·威廉斯(1824-1894),紐約
          ruyi-head bands and flanked by a pair of handles formed as chilong   孟森-威廉斯-普羅克特藝術學院,由提卡,紐約,編號PC. 611
          with scrolling bifurcated tails finely shaded in iron-red and with
          gilt details.
          20æ in. (52.7 cm.), wood stand
          HK$30,000,000-50,000,000     US$3,900,000-6,400,000

          P R O V E NAN C E :
          American Art Association. Gallery and Art Rooms, New York,
          9 June 1883
          Helen Elizabeth Munson Williams (1824-1894), New York
          Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York,
          object number: PC. 611
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          A surviving photograph showing the   Fountain Elms at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York
          doucai vase in situ          泉榆大宅,孟森-威廉斯-普羅克托藝術學院,由提卡,紐約
          本鬥彩大瓶攝於泉榆大宅中


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