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AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE COPPER- 清乾隆 釉裏紅雲龍鴻福葫蘆瓶
RED ‘DRAGON’ DOUBLE-GOURD VASE 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
來源：
skilfully potted with a larger globular bulb gracefully sweeping 香港蘇富比1975年11月17日，編號222
up to a smaller upper bulb, rising to a slender neck and flared
rim, the lower bulb finely painted in copper red with a ferocious 趙從衍（1912-1999年）收藏
five-clawed dragon shown in full frontal position encircling a 香港蘇富比1986年11月18日，編號71
‘flaming pearl’, flanked by a pair of dragons striding amidst 展覽：
lingzhi cloud swirls and bats above a band of crashing waves
skirting the foot, the upper bulb decorated with two further 《趙從衍基金會藏明清陶瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1978
dragons in mutual pursuit of a ‘flaming pearl’ amidst clouds 年，編號78
and bats, all below a ruyi band collaring the mouth-rim, the
countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
character seal mark
31.3 cm, 12¼ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 17th November 1975, lot 222.
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18th November 1986, lot 71.
EXHIBITED
One Hundred Selected Pieces of Chingtechen Porcelain of the
Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao
Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong,
1978, cat. no. 78.

HK$ 8,000,000-12,000,000
US$ 1,030,000-1,540,000

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