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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED STEM BOWLS AND COVERS

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)

Each stem bowl is fnely potted and vividly painted in iron-red with two winged dragons in

pursuit of faming pearls, and the interior with a seal mark in the center. The domed cover is

decorated with two dragons below the reticulated fnial modeled as a chicken, the interior of

the cover with another seal mark in iron-red.

6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) diam., two stands, ftted boxes (2)

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1466.

A Qianlong-marked stem bowl of the same size and decoration, in the collection of the Tianjin
Museum, is illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics - 15 - Qing, Shanghai, 2000, no.
83. For a photograph of numerous identical stem bowls, shown in situ for use in ritual offerings in the
‘Hall of the Sun Buddha’, see Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing,
1998, pp. 267-7.

清乾隆 礬紅雙龍戲珠紋高足蓋碗一對 礬紅雙方框六字篆書款

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