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PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ 清乾隆 青花雲龍戲珠紋大缸 六字篆書橫款
JARDINIÈRE
來源:
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 紐約蘇富比，1997年9月23日，拍品284號
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 埃斯肯納齊，倫敦
The jardinière is vividly painted around the exterior with two pairs of 十面靈璧舊藏
dragons confronting a flaming pearl amid clouds over crested waves.
24æ in. (62.7 cm.) diam. 如此碩大的乾隆款雲龍紋大缸十分罕見。存世多為尺寸較小的雲龍紋缽，
如南京博物院藏品，見《宮廷珍藏—中國清代官窯瓷器》，上海，2003年，
HK$800,000-1,500,000 US$110,000-190,000 頁274。
P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 September 1997, lot 284
Eskenazi Ltd, London
The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection
Qianlong-marked ‘dragon’ jardinières of this size are very rare, as they
are more commonly found in smaller size such as the one (13.8 cm. high,
21 cm. diam.) in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln
Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 274.

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