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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
Lots 6 - 8
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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL IRON-RED AND
GILT-DECORATED 'DRAGON' CANDLESTICK
Yongzheng seal mark and of the period
Intricately and elegantly structured standing on a chalice-formed base
with three cabriole legs, surmounted by a tall and slender stem in the
form of a baluster issuing from an inverted bell-shaped section borne
on a collar of elaborate leaves curving outward, supporting a wide and
waisted dish-shaped drip pan, each facet of the base vividly enamelled
in rich iron-red tones with a front-facing five-clawed dragon soaring
ferociously amidst flames and ruyi-shaped clouds above turbulent
waves, the mid-section similarly decorated with three striding dragons,
each section divided by narrow bands of finely-gilt flowers on a café-
au-lait ground and slim gilt borders, wood stand.
42cm (16 1/2in) high (2).
HK$900,000 - 1,200,000
US$120,000 - 150,000
清雍正 礬紅描金海水龍紋燭台 青花「大清雍正年製」篆書款
Provenance 來源:
Lieutenant-Colonel T.S.Cox and thence by descent
T.S.Cox中校舊藏，後由其家族繼承

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