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A COPPER-RED-DECORATED BOTTLE VASE
19TH CENTURY

The vase is decorated in rich copper-red
with two three-toed dragons with scrolling
tails on the body and a third similar
dragon descending from the tall neck,
all amidst numerous stems of lingzhi and
with underglaze blue eyes. An apocryphal
Kangxi mark is on the recessed center of the
unglazed base.
17æ in. (45 cm.) high

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Private American collection, acquired in the
1950s-60s.
清十九世紀 釉裡紅龍紋長頸瓶

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