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A LIME-GREEN-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘KUI DRAGON’ VASE
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF
THE PERIOD (1821-1851)
The vase is decorated to the slender neck with two pink-enamelled angular
scroll handles. The body and neck are decorated with two registers of fower
sprays interspersed amongst archaistic angular scrolls bearing the heads of
confronting kui dragons fanking a gilt chain band. The rim and shoulder are
decorated with a peach and ruyi-head band. The interior of the rim and the
base are glazed turquoise.
12º in. (31 cm.) high
£10,000-15,000 $14,000-20,000
€12,000-17,000 (mark)
清道光 綠地粉彩花卉夔龍紋雙耳瓶 礬紅六字篆書款

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