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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTION 清乾隆 青花番蓮托八吉祥紋四足蓋盉
A FINE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ 《大清乾隆年製》款
POURING VESSEL AND COVER, HE
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 展覽：
《求知雅集珍藏．中國古陶瓷展》，香港中文大學文
modelled in the form of the archaic bronze he prototype, 物館，香港，1981年，編號118
with a compressed globular body supported on four legs and
surmounted by a constricted neck and lipped rim, flanked by 《香港求知雅集珍藏．中國古陶瓷展》，國立歷史博
a handle and a spout, the exterior of the body richly painted 物館，台北，1982年，編號118
in cobalt-blue tones with a row of beribboned bajixiang
emblems, each resting atop a lotus bloom wreathed in
scrolling foliage, all below a key-fret band, the neck, handle,
spout and legs superbly adorned with echoing lingzhi
blooms, the cover centred with an arched knop and similarly
rendered in dense lingzhi scrolls encircled by a key-fret band,
the underside of the vessel with a six-character seal mark
21 cm, 8¼ in.
EXHIBITED
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of
the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 118.
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection
of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, National
Museum of History, Taipei, 1982, cat. no. 118.
HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000
US$ 192,000-255,000

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