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917 A GILT-DECORATED CORAL-
                GROUND BOWL
                JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
                PERIOD (1796-1820)
                The bowl is decorated in gilt on the exterior with four medallions
                enclosing the individual characters wan shou wu jiang (myriad ages
                without end), separated by bats and a dense ground of foliate scrolls
                with shou flowerheads and endless knot motifs, all reserved on a
                coral-red ground. The interior is painted in iron red with a shou
                medallion encircled by five bats (wufu).
                4¡ in. (11.1 cm.) diam.
                $10,000-15,000
                PROVENANCE:
                J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4484.


                清ૃ慶ǭ█紅地描金開光「萬壽無疆」盌
                                                                                            (base)
                █紅六字篆書款
                Ϝ源
                藍理捷
 紐約
 編號











 916 A SMALL DEHUA POMEGRANATE-  十Ӯ世紀 ǭ德化白釉貼花⒢榴式蓋壺
 FORM TEAPOT AND COVER
 17TH CENTURY  Ϝ源
 希臘駐華大ײ"MFYBOESF +  "SHZSPQPVMPT 	         
Ⅷ藏
 The teapot is formed as a pomegranate resting on a star-shaped foot
 simulating the calyx, with the straight spout opposite a branch-      年ջ至    年ջ初
 後於家族流傳
 form handle. The body is molded with leafy sprigs and the cover is   藍理捷
 紐約
 further molded with a leafy spray and surmounted by a twig-loop
 finial. Both are covered on the exterior with a transparent glaze and
 are fitted with 18th-century Continental silver mounts.
 5Ω in. (14 cm.) wide
 $3,000-4,000
 PROVENANCE:
 Collection of Alexandre J. Argyropoulos (1894-1978), Greek
 Ambassador to China, late 1940s-early 1950s, and thence by
 descent within the family.
 J. J. Lally & Co., New York.













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