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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 清雍正 鬥彩纏枝蓮紋瓜棱式小瓶一對 雙圈六字楷書款
DOUCAI ‘LOTUS’ SMALL LOBED VASES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 附巴爾，《中國古瓷美術譜》，倫敦，1911 年一冊
WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 來源
Each vase is delicately potted with six gently lobed sides, supported 廣州 Li Chi Bai 珍藏，入藏於 1908 年以前
on a short foot rising to a long straight neck. The body is decorated
with alternating lotus blooms and ruyi-heads borne on a scroll, 展覽
between two smaller bands of lotus scroll. The neck is decorated 1908 年於皇家亞洲學會華北分支策劃的上海展覽展出
with a frieze of linked ruyi-heads, below a band of classic scroll
around the mouth; together with a copy of A.W. Bahr, Old Chinese 著錄
Porcelain & Works of Art in China, London, 1911. 巴爾，《中國古瓷美術譜》，倫敦，1911 年，圖版 LXXX 號
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, wood stands, box (2)
HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 US$1,100,000-1,500,000

PROVENANCE
Collection of Li Chi Bai of Guangzhou, acquired prior to 1908
EXHIBITED
Exhibition held at Shanghai in November, 1908, under the
auspices of the North-China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
LITERATURE
A.W. Bahr, Old Chinese Porcelain & Works of Art in China, London,
1911, pl. LXXX

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