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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清乾隆 鬪彩番蓮八寶紋賁巴壺一對
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI 《大清乾隆年製》款
TIBETAN-STYLE EWERS
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
each with a compressed globular body rising from a high
splayed foot to a shaped neck, all below a gilt beaded-
edged disc-shaped mouth of angled profile, one side of
the globular body with a curved S-shaped spout with a
gilt beaded rim and superbly rendered issuing from the
moulded jaws of a makara head, the main body exquisitely
decorated in vibrant colours with two main registers, each
with four of the bajixiang emblems, depicted beribboned and
alternating with four lotus blooms borne on scrolling foliage,
all between ruyi bands, the mouth with a gently recessed
band decorated with further bajixiang emblems interspersed
with lotus scrolls, the neck and foot further detailed with
further elaborate friezes, the latter skirted with two gilt
beaded bands, the interior of the mouth and base enamelled
turquoise, the latter centred with a white-ground cartouche
inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark
19.2 cm, 7½ in.

HK$ 6,000,000-8,000,000
US$ 765,000-1,020,000

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