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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED CELADON-GROUND GILT-

DECORATED WALL VASE
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

清乾隆 粉青地描金御製詩掛瓶
《乾隆乙酉御題》款 「乾」、「隆」印

of rectangular section, the facetted body with a flat back and 題詩：
supported on a splayed foot, rising to a waisted neck flanked 依然膽搥式，卻異汝官珍；
by a pair of handles modelled in the form of chilong, the front 動挈路搴秀，靜懸屋盎春。
centred by a rectangular cartouche inscribed with an imperial 製惟日趨巧，道不易還淳；
poem dated to yiyou year of the Qianlong reign (in accordance 紅紫隨時閱，何曾著點塵。
with 1765), followed by two red seals reading Qian and Long, 乾隆乙酉御題。
all reserved against a pale celadon ground and framed by gilt-
decorated archaistic kui dragons, the neck similarly decorated 來源：
with a pair of kui dragons below stylised ruyi and foliate 1977年購於香港
strapwork, the foot skirted with a lappet band, fitted wood 展覽：
stand
《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號116
overall 23.7 cm, 9⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1977.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 116.

HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 102,000-153,000

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