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A VERY RARE FAUX BRONZE' MOON FLASK 清乾隆 仿古銅釉描金夔龍壽字紋雙獸耳抱月瓶
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE 六字篆書款
PERIOD (1736-1795)
來源:
The moon fask is moulded to either side of the body with a pair of archaistic
kui dragons with scrolling bodies, surrounding a central shou roundel, all on an O. du Sartel珍藏，1881年前所購
intricately worked diaper ground, encircled by a classic scroll border. The neck 巴黎Hôtel Drouot，1882年4月3-5日，拍品130
and foot are decorated with a band of stif leaves, between a pair of animal
mask handles applied to the shoulders. The fask is covered in a greenish- 出版:
brown glaze dusted with gilt and embellished with bluish splashes, in imitation 1881年O. du Sartel著《La Porcelaine Chinoise》，圖XXXII，157號
of bronze patina.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
£600,000-800,000 US$750,000-990,000
€680,000-900,000

PROVENANCE:
Collection of O. du Sartel, prior to 1881.
Sale of the collection of O. du Sartel, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3-5 April 1882,
lot 130.
Property from a private French collection.
LITERATURE:
O. du Sartel, La Porcelaine Chinoise, 1881, pl. XXXII, no. 157.

(base with mark)

(Detail, catalogue of O.du Sartel, Hôtel Drouot, (Image of the current lot in the O. du Sartel, La Porcelaine Chinoise, 1881)
Paris 3-5 April 1882)

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