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A MASSIVE PUCE ENAMELED ‘DRAGON’ VASE
Late Qing/Republic Period
Generously proportioned, the spherical body painted with vivid
puce enamels to depict five-clawed dragons amid clouds, two pairs
chasing flaming pearls with a fifth dragon at the neck, the claws and
fangs highlighted with white enamel, the dragons soaring above
turbulent waves at the foot, with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark to
the base.
21 1/2in (54.5cm) high
$25,000 - 40,000
清末/民國 胭脂紅五龍紋天球瓶
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