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AN EXPORT CARP TUREEN AND COVER A PAIR OF EXPORT FAMILLE VERTE MYTHICAL BEAST JOSS-STICK
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) HOLDERS
The scaly, gilt-enriched fsh is modeled with its head and tail QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
upturned.
8º in. (20.9 cm.) long Each beast has a joss-stick holder in its interior so smoke can waft
$10,000-15,000 (2) through its mouth.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) long (2)
$6,000-9,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
With Alvin Lo Oriental Art, New York. With Rare Art Inc., New York.
With Pierre Saquz. The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
LITERATURE: LITERATURE:
Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese
and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 137. and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 206.
清乾隆 外銷鯉魚式蓋盌 清乾隆 外銷紅綠彩瑞獸香插一對
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