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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
A PAIR OF COPPER-RED ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ BOWLS AND COVERS
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG
each decorated with four medallions, two rendered in the form
of a phoenix with outstretched wings and a long curling tail,
alternating with the other two depicting a dragon grasping a
flaming pearl in one claw and writhing amidst flaming wisps,
the cover centred with a finial and surrounded by four similar
medallions, the base and cover inscribed in underglaze blue
with a seal mark
10.8 cm, 4¼ in.

PROVENANCE
Acquired from C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, during the 1990s.
HK$ 180,000-250,000 519
US$ 23,000-31,900
清道光
釉裏紅團龍鳳紋蓋盌一對
《大清道光年製》款

來源：
1990年代購自慎德堂，台北
Marks

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, HU
INCISED MARK AND PERIOD OF XIANFENG

rising to a flared rim with cusped corners, set with two
rectangular lug handles, moulded to the front and back with a
peach-shaped panel, covered overall in a lustrous purplish-red
glaze highlighted with milky cascades of sky-blue
30.4 cm, 12 in.
HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,300-23,000

清咸豐 窰變釉貫耳方壺
《大清咸豐年製》刻款
Mark

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