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A blue and copper-red ‘dragon’ vase,
tianqiuping
19th century
The rounded body and gently flaring neck
boldly painted in underglaze red with two
five-clawed dragons in energetic pursuit of a
single flaming pearl, one rising from waves and
the other writhing through blue cloud scrolls,
wood stand.
42cm (16½in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
十九世紀 青花釉裏紅雙龍戲珠紋天球瓶
The present vase has been inspired in form and
design by the underglaze blue and red ‘dragon
amidst clouds’ vases of the Qianlong period.
See The Complete Collection of Tresures of the
Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with
Underglaze Red (III), Beijing, 2010, pls.210-211.

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