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AN EXTREMELY RARE LARGE TURQUOISE- 清乾隆
GROUND YANGCAI ‘DRAGON’ VASE, 松石綠地洋彩蒼龍教子祥雲
TIANQIUPING
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 海水紋天球瓶
《大清乾隆年製》款
robustly potted with a globular body rising to a waisted
cylindrical neck and rolled lip, the body superbly and richly 來源：
painted in bright enamels, encircling the shoulder a mighty 小喬治泰貝（1859-1940年），此後家族傳承
five-clawed dragon in iron red, its long curly whiskers issuing
from either side of its flared snout, crowned by a pair of 紐約佳士得2013年9月19/20日，編號1391
prominent long horns protruding from its mane formed from
a mass of radiating red fur, sweeping back to its powerful
coiling body covered in red scales, its forearm extended to
reach for a flaming pearl, striding aggressively amidst multi-
coloured swirling clouds and looking sternly downwards at
younger subordinate dragon in puce and pink enamels, the
younger creature leaping from tumultuous green waves
cresting with white foams just above the base, below a
band of pendent ruyi heads and an iron-red rim, all reserved
against a rich turquoise ground saving for a six-character
iron-red seal mark on the base
50.8 cm, 20 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of George H. Taber Jr (1859-1940), thence by
descent within the family.
Christie’s New York, 19th/20th September 2013, lot 1391.
HK$ 18,000,000-25,000,000
US$ 2,300,000-3,190,000

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