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propertY From a north amerICan prIVate Compare a similar vase with a single iron-red 清光緒 粉青地開光粉彩雙龍戲珠
CoLLeCtIon dragon painted on the peach-form panel of 紋貫耳方壺
A FAMILLE-ROSE CELADON-GROUND the palace museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
‘DRAGON’ FANGHU-FORM VASE Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace 《大清光緒年製》款
Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel
GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, vol.
39, hong Kong, 1999, pl. 242.
the pear-shaped body of rectangular section
rising from a straight foot to a quatrefoil rim, $ 20,000-30,000
the neck set with a pair of lug handles, the
front and back sides each molded with a raised
peach-form panel, covered overall with a pale
celadon glaze and enameled in bright colors
with gilt accents with a band of ruyi around
the rim, the peach-form panel with a pair of
dragons contesting a ‘flaming pearl’ above a
row of lappets, the base inscribed with a six-
character mark in underglaze blue
height 12 in., 30.5 cm

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