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A FAMILLE ROSE 'BIRD AND CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOTTLE VASE 民國 粉彩花鳥詩文長頸瓶
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
The vase is fnely decorated with a bird preening its tail feathers perched on
a leafy blossoming chrysanthemum branch. The reverse is inscribed with a 詩文:
poem about chrysanthemum fowers and it has three iron-red seals. The base
bears an apocryphal Qianlong mark. 晚香帶冷凝丹粒 秋色封寒點絳蕤
11⅜ in. (29 cm.) high
淡映殘虹迷老圃 濃拖斜照落東籬
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,900-9,300

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