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PROPERTY FROM THE WATER, PINE AND STONE RETREAT
         COLLECTION
         3032
         A VERY RARE IMPERIAL EUROPEAN-STYLE
         GOURD FLASK
         QIANLONG SHANGWAN FOUR-CHARACTER MOULDED MARK AND
         OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
         The gourd is moulded on each side with a circular panel, one
         side depicting Laozi holding a book and riding a buffalo followed
         by his attendant, underneath gnarled pine trees emerging from
         an overhanging cliff, the other side with a European watch-face,
         with Roman numerals encircling a central medallion depicting
         possibly a firing cauldron flanked by two birds supported on stands
         underneath a canopy. The narrow sides are moulded with animal
         masks with rings, one side with two characters moulded in relief
         reading Qianlong, the other side with the characters shangwan,
         forming the phrase ‘for the treasured enjoyment of the Qianlong
         Emperor’. The mouth and foot are similarly moulded with lotus
         lappets. The interior of the mouth is lined with black lacquer.
         7 ƒ in. (19 cm.) high, box
         HK$2,000,000-3,000,000        US$260,000-380,000
         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20 May 1986, lot 158


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