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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTORPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTOR
          837
          A SET OF TEN IRON-RED-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ WINE CUPS
          GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
          Each cup of inverted bell shape is decorated with two fve-clawed dragons striding amidst fames above a
          band of wind-tossed waves in pursuit of faming pearls within double-line borders.
          1√ in. (4.7 cm.) high
                                                                                         (10)
          $25,000-35,000

          PROVENANCE
                                                                                              (mark)
          Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2228.
          清光緒   礬紅彩雙龍趕珠紋小盃一組十件   六字楷書款

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