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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION
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A FINE RARE MOULDED SOFT-PASTE CREAMY-
WHITE GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ VASE
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase stands on a high slightly splayed foot rising to sharp
shoulders and a tall neck below an upturned rim. It is applied with
a chilong coiled around the neck and shoulder. The body is crisply
impressed with three scrolling dragon motifs above a band of lotus
petals around the base. It is covered overall with a creamy-white
glaze suffused with crackles.
6 Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Singapore, circa 1990s
Compare with an almost identical example but without
a moulded dragon, which was formerly in the E.T. Hall
Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 7170.
清乾隆 粉定釉浮雕螭龍小瓶 六字篆書印款
來源
約 1990 年代購於新加坡
郭克禮珍藏
倫敦佳士得 2004 年 6 月 7 日,拍品 7170 號為一件同款但卻沒
有螭龍的仿定白釉浮雕小瓶相似例,同樣具有乾隆六字刻款,
且原為 E.T. Hall 舊藏。
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