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TWO GILT-DECORATED SERPENTINE CUPS
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER GILT MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND
OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each has deep sides and is decorated on the exterior with three fve-
clawed dragons racing amidst dense fower scroll between borders of
petal lappets below and ruyi heads above, and on the interior with a
central fower head surrounded by lotus scroll with feathery leaves
that continues to the rim.
3Ω and 3¡ in. (8.8 and 8.6 cm.) diam.

$8,000-12,000

A pair of very similar gilt-decorated Qianlong-marked jade bowls was
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1585, and another single
Qianlong-marked example was also sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May
2012, lot 4314.

清乾隆 蛇紋石描金三龍穿花紋盃一對
描金雙方框四字楷書款

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