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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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AN UNUSUAL LARGE DOUCAI ‘CHILONG’ CUP
18TH CENTURY

Of oval section, the deep cup is decorated on the exterior and
rounded base with chilong clambering amidst lotus scroll, and is
applied on one side with an iron-red handle in the form of a chilong
climbing up to the rim where it peers into the interior.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) wide

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 25 November 1975, lot 197.
清十八世紀 鬥彩龍穿花紋把盃

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A DOUCAI OVOID JAR
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The body is decorated with leafy, scrolling stems of hibiscus bearing
two large fowers in iron red alternating with further blooms in
mauve and yellow, all below a band of key fret on the shoulder and
fower sprays on the neck.
6º in. (16 cm.) high

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

Warren E. Cox & Assoc. Inc., New York.
清十八/十九世紀 鬥彩纏枝花卉紋罐

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