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3207 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A RARE CARVED YELLOW-ENAMELLED ‘BATS’ 3208

PORCELAIN SEAL A FINE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE RUBY-

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) ENAMELLED BRUSH HANDLES

The seal is of square section, carved to the top in relief with QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON RED AND OF
numerous bats amidst clouds, applied overall with a pale egg-yolk
yellow enamel, the seal face carved with the three characters Jingfu THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Ge.
3 ¡ in. (8.6 cm.) high, box Each cylindrical handle is boldly decorated with two ferocious

five-clawed dragons writhing through stylised clouds and five bats.

8 æ in. (22 cm.) long, fitted box (2)

HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000 HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000

A spinach-green jade seal, also carved with the characters Jingfu Ge, PROVENANCE
is in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Ming Qing
dihou baoxi, Beijing, 1996, pl. 160. Sold at Christie’s London, 3 November 2009, lot 287

清光緒 黃釉「洪福齊天」方章 A very similarly decorated pair of brushes with iron-red dragons from
the Wang Xing Lou Collection is illustrated in Imperial Perfection, The
印文：「景福閣」 Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 94
& 95, no. 31
北京故宮博物院藏一方碧玉章，印面同樣刻「景福閣」，
刻篆風格與本印如出一轍，見1996年北京出版《明清帝后寶 清乾隆 青花加胭脂紅彩雲龍紋筆管一對
璽》，圖版160號。 礬紅六字篆書款

來源
倫敦佳士得，2009年11月3日，拍品287號

3207 seal impression 3208 (marks)

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