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THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT
AMERICAN COLLECTOR
1032
A GOLD AND SILVER-DECORATED
BLUE ENAMEL-GROUND MOON
FLASK AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER GILDED CAST
SEAL MARK AND LATE IN THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
Each side of the body is decorated in gold foil
with a fve-clawed dragon with silver horns and
whiskers leaping amidst clouds above a wave-
tossed mountain in pursuit of a green enamel
faming pearl, all on a basse taille enamel-ground
with outer border of blue clouds, while the foot,
narrow sides and neck, which is fanked by a pair
of gilt-bronze dragon-form handles, are decorated
with shou characters. The cover is decorated en
suite, and the interior of the vase and cover are
covered in turquoise enamel.
14√ in. (38 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 13 November 2006, lot 159.
清乾隆 金屬胎藍地金箔龍紋抱月蓋瓶
鑄金六字篆書款

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