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The Property Of An Asian Family Collection

亞洲家族珍藏 (Lots 3343-3345)

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3343 清乾隆 三希堂雙龍拱珠紋御墨兩錠
「乾隆年製」、「臣彭元瑞恭」陽文楷書款
TWO IMPERIAL SANXITANG ‘DRAGON’ INK
來源
CAKES 1970 年代購於三藩市，後於家族中流傳至今

QIANLONG MOULDED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE 彭元瑞 (1731-1803)，江西南昌人，乾隆二十二年 (1757) 進士，歷工、戶、
兵、吏諸部，通樸學、精詩文，深得乾隆皇帝賞識。
PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each ink cake is moulded with two dragons confronted on a
three-character inscription, Sanxitang, ‘Hall of Three Rarities’,
below a flaming pearl, while the centre of the reverse is inscribed
with a two-character inscription, yumo, ‘imperial ink cake’,
flanked by the Qianlong reign mark to the right and a dedicatory
inscription, Chen Peng Yuanrui gong, ‘Presented by [your] vassal
Peng Yuanrui,’ to the left. One is embellished with a gilt ground
with decorations picked out in red, blue and green, and the other
with decorations in gilt, red and blue.

2 Ω in. (8.8 cm.) diam.

HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in San Francisco in 1970s and thence by descent within
the family

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