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                                                                                                    AN ENAMELED BOTTLE VASE

                                                                                                                                               QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

                                                                                                               The vase is boldly decorated with a four-clawed
                                                                                                               dragon chasing a faming pearl amidst pink,
                                                                                                               green, purple and yellow-enameled clouds and
                                                                                                               fames on a dense whorl-patterned ground picked
                                                                                                               out in iron-brown.
                                                                                                               7¡ in. (18.8 cm.) high
                                                                                                                             $4,000-6,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               PROVENANCE

                                                                                                               Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904)
                                                                                                               Collection, New York.
                                                                                                               The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
                                                                                                               accessioned in 1879.
                                                                                                                             清乾隆 五彩云龍紋長頸瓶
                                                                                                                             來源
                                                                                                                             Samuel Putnam Avery(1822-1904)珍藏, 紐約。
                                                                                                                             紐約大都會藝術博物館,入藏於1879年。

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                                                                                                    A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE DISH

                                                                                                                                               QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

                                                                                                               The dish is decorated in the center with
                                                                                                               peony and chrysanthemum growing amidst
                                                                                                               a rock formation in a gated garden, beside a
                                                                                                               jardiniTre, a basket containing fnger citron
                                                                                                               and pomegranate, and a screen decorated
                                                                                                               with a riverscape, all below a border of
                                                                                                               stylized foral meander and scrolls.
                                                                                                               14¡ in. (37.2 cm.) diam.
                                                                                                                             $1,000-1,500

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               PROVENANCE

                                                                                                               Maria P. James Collection.
                                                                                                               The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
                                                                                                               accessioned in 1911.
                                                                                                                             清乾隆 粉彩庭院圖大盤
                                                                                                                             來源
                                                                                                                             Maria P. James 珍藏。
                                                                                                                             紐約大都會藝術博物館,入藏於1911年。

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