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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT PROPERTY FROM AN ARIZONA PRIVATE COLLECTION
BUDDHIST EMBLEMS’ STEM CUPS A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DEER’ VASE
MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the interior of each foot with a six-character mark in Height 33⅜ in., 84.8 cm
underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 4⅝ in., 12 cm
PROVENANCE
⊖ $ 15,000-20,000 Collection of Dr. Ma Luk (1883-1963), and thence by descent.
This finely painted vase is replete with symbols of longevity,
including the deer, lingzhi, and pine trees. The artisan has
清乾隆 青花蓮托八吉祥紋高足杯一對 masterfully modulated the cobalt tones to create depth
《大清乾隆年製》款 and variation in this continuous scene. Pale, broad washes
suggest mist and the horizon, and finer lines meticulously
detail the texture of pine needles while deep inky strokes lend
weight and texture to the tree trunks and rocks.
Compare a vase painted in a very similar style, albeit
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smaller and of lantern form, sold in our London rooms,
12th December 1972, lot 84. Another, of related form and
motif but also smaller, was sold in these rooms, 20th March
1976, lot 196. See also two lantern vases painted with a
bolder hand, one with cranes and deer and the other with
mythical animals, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain
with Underglazed Red (III), vol. 38, Hong Kong, 2000, pls 134
and 135.
For a related vase of comparable size and shape to the
present, see one sold at Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot
281, which also has underglaze-red decoration and archaistic
dragon handles, as well as monkeys and magpies depicted
alongside the deer.

$ 50,000-70,000
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清十八世紀 青花松鹿長春圖大瓶
PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION
TWO BLUE AND WHITE ‘MEDALLION’ BOWLS 來源
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 馬祿醫生 (1883-1963) 收藏，此後家族傳承
the base of each with a six-character seal mark in underglaze
blue (2)
Diameter 6 in., 15.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, circa the 1950s, and thence by
descent.

$ 5,000-7,000

清乾隆 青花團花紋盌一組兩件
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《大清乾隆年製》款
來源
得於香港，約1950年代，此後家族傳承

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