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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1990
683
A PALE BLUE-GROUND UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
COPPER RED-DECORATED VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 天藍釉青花釉里紅花鳥紋瓶
The vase is decorated to the exterior with raised chrysanthemums
outlined in copper red and highlighted in white, fanking a bird
perched upon bamboo. It is covered in a pale blue glaze sufused
with occasional beige crackles.
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high
£4,000-6,000 $6,100-9,100
€5,500-8,100
PROVENANCE:
Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
683
684
A SMALL WHITE-GLAZED CARVED VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
清十七/十八世紀 白釉螭龍銜靈芝紋長頸瓶
The vase is crisply carved to body with two sinuous chilong clasping lingzhi
sprigs in their mouths, below a band of ruyi heads to the shoulder and stif
leaves to the neck. It is covered in a transparent glaze of creamy white tone,
sufused with a network of russet crackles.
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high
£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
PROVENANCE:
684 Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
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