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□ 490 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ SWEETMEAT
BOX
MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI
centred with a foliate section with six surrounding segments,
painted with dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, the exterior
similarly decorated with four dragons
24.6 cm, 9¾ in.
HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,100

明萬曆 青花趕珠雲龍紋攢盤
《大明萬曆年製》款
Mark

490
491

PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH ARISTOCRATIC COLLECTION
A BLUE-GLAZED EWER WITH OTTOMAN
MOUNTS
LATE MING DYNASTY
with a flattened pear-shaped body on a circular splayed foot,
set with a long spout with hexagonal tip, applied overall with a
rich dark blue glaze, embellished with 18th century Ottoman
gilt-copper mounts
29.8 cm, 11¾ in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550
明末 藍釉鎏金銅鑲口軍持

For a similar ewer in the collection of the Topkapi Saray
Museum, see Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi
Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. III, London, 1986, pl. 3224.
Another example was exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of
491 Art, 1977, cat. no. 37.

□ 492 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’
DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
deftly painted with three five-clawed dragons soaring sinuously
amidst flames and lingzhi-shaped clouds above crashing
waves, one around the upper bulb and two on the lower,
interrupted by lappet bands encircling the constricted waist, all
between a border of pendent plantain leaves at the mouth and
upright lappets skirting the foot
45.5 cm, 17⅞ in.

HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,100
明十六世紀 青花雲龍紋葫蘆瓶

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