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A RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED STEM BOWLS AND COVERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each stem bowl is fnely potted and vividly painted in iron-red with two winged dragons in pursuit of
faming pearls, and the interior with a seal mark in the center. The domed cover is decorated with two
dragons below the reticulated fnial modeled as a chicken, the interior of the cover with another seal mark
in iron-red.

6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) diam., ftted boxes (mark)
$20,000-30,000
(2)

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1466.

A Qianlong-marked stem bowl of the same size and decoration, in the collection of the Tianjin Museum,
is illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics - 15 - Qing, Shanghai, 2000, no. 83. For a
photograph of numerous identical stem bowls, shown in situ for use in ritual oferings in the ‘Hall of the
Sun Buddha’, see Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1998,
pp. 267-7.

清乾隆 礬紅彩雙龍趕珠紋高足蓋盌一對 礬紅雙方框六字篆書款

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