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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A COPPER-RED-GLAZED VASE
18TH CENTURY

The vase is covered in a rich copper-red glaze, gradually thinning to white at
the mouth rim and pooling in an attractive streaked pattern above the foot.
7º in. (18.4 cm.) high

£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000
€11,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s London, 21 July 1980, lot 81

清十八世紀 郎窯紅釉長頸瓶 來源：私人珍藏，於
1980年7月21日倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品第81 號

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

616 PROVENANCE:

A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED NARCISSUS BOWL Property from a Private English Collection.
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Narcissus bowls such as the present one were inspired by earlier imperial
The bowl is supported on three short feet and the rim is embellished with Jun ware examples dating to the Yuan (1279-1368) and Ming (1368-1644)
a band of raised bosses. It is covered all over in an unctuous fambé glaze dynasties, which were also incised or stamped with Chinese numerals to the
thinning to a pale mushroom tone at the rim. The base is marked with the base. The numbers were indications for pairing fower pots with stands and
character er, that may be translated as “two”. also appear to have an indirectly proportional relationship with the sizes of
7√ in. (19.5 cm.) diam. the vessels, with ten representing the smallest and one the largest.

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300 清十八/十九世紀 窯變釉花盆 來源：英國私人珍藏
€2,600-3,800

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