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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION
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A LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
COPPER-RED DECORATED ‘DRAGON’
VASE, TIANQIUPING
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The vase has a generous globular body rising from a recessed
base to a well-balanced cylindrical neck. It is painted around
the exterior with three four-clawed scaly dragons and a
scrolling dragon in powerful copper-red tones striding
amongst vibrant undulating and crashing cobalt blue waves
and contesting a ‘flaming pearl’. The base remains unglazed.
23 √ in. (60.8 cm.) high
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s London, 25-26 November 1974, lot 214

清十八 / 十九世紀 青花釉裏紅蛟龍戲水紋天球瓶

來源
倫敦佳士得，1974 年 11 月 25-26 日，拍品 214 號
郭克禮珍藏

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