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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL WHITE-GLAZED
RELIEF-CARVED BOTTLE VASES
Qianlong seal marks and of the period
Each compressed globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall
waisted neck surmounted by a flaring rim, flanked by a pair of ruyi-shaped
handles, the body superbly and vividly carved in crisp relief with radiating
lotus blossoms borne on an undulating and meandering foliate scroll
issuing smaller floral blooms, enclosed within two bands of interlocking
ruyi-heads, the neck decorated with a register of bats in flight suspending
an auspicious emblem, between a ruyi-head band below the rim and
upright stiff leaves collaring the neck, all above a border of ruyi-shaped leaf
lappets, covered overall with a smooth white glaze.
33.7cm (13 1/4in) high (2).
HK$1,500,000 - 2,000,000
US$190,000 - 260,000
清乾隆 白釉雕纏枝蓮紋如意耳瓶一對 陰刻「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance:
An English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：
英國私人收藏，後由家族繼承

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