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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN COLLECTION 清乾隆 霽藍釉鸚鵡耳扁壺
A FINE AND RARE SACRIFICIAL-BLUE 《大清乾隆年製》款
GLAZED PARROT-HANDLED FLASK
來源:
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
香港蘇富比1980年5月20/21日,編號92
modelled after an archaic bronze form, robustly potted with
two broad oval facets tapering towards a tall flared foot of oval
section, the two main sides moulded with a raised panel with a
slight indentation in the centre, the broad shoulders set on the
narrow sides with a pair of parrots forming the handles, their
high-relief bodies attached to the shoulders at the beak, feet
and tail, all surmounted by a tall columnar neck collared at the
base with a ring, applied overall with a deep cobalt-blue glaze,
the interior and base left white, the base further inscribed with
a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue
height 32.5 cm., 12¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20th/21st May 1980, lot 92.
HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 640,000-900,000
Mark
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