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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
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AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE AND RARE YELLOW- 清雍正 黃釉暗刻九龍海水紋茶圓 雙圈六字楷書款
ENAMELLED INCISED ‘NINE DRAGONS’ TEA 微撇口，直弧壁，矮圈足。外壁陰刻九條五爪蒼龍，騰躍嬉戲於雲霧間，
CUP 姿態各異，矯健有勁，間以火焰紋，圈足上飾磅礴海水紋一圈。器裏外罩
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 雞黃釉，嬌豔濃郁，器底施透明釉，青花書「大清雍正年製」楷書款。
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The cup is superbly potted with delicately thin sides, exquisitely 來源
incised on the exterior with nine powerful five-clawed dragons 亞洲私人家族珍藏，入藏於 1920 年代，此後一直於家族中流傳
amid flame scrolls, some ascending and some descending, above
crashing waves around the foot. The cup is covered inside and out
with a rich egg-yolk yellow enamel, the base with a clear glaze.
3 ¿ in. (8 cm.) diam., box
HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$780,000-1,000,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in the 1920s and thence by descent within the family

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