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3614 䱵

A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE
BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ VASE
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF
QIANLONG

nely and sturdily potted with a rectangular
baluster body rising from a splayed foot to a
waisted neck and ared rim, the neck anked
by a pair of stylised archaistic animal handles
detailed in shaded tones of cobalt with archaistic
scrollwork and surmounted by a spiralled knop,
each of the main sides decorated with a ferocious
dragon with outstretched claws and a scaly body
coiling sinuously around a ‘ aming pearl’, the two
shorter sides decorated with two meticulously
rendered phoenix, precisely and delicately
detailed with ne plumage and long billowing
tail feathers, all between a key-fret band and an
upright lappet border encircling the lower neck
and body respectively, below four stylised bats
and a pendent lappet frieze encircling the neck
and rim, all against a ground of ruyi cloud scrolls,
the foot skirted by a further pendent lappet
border, the base inscribed with a six-character
seal mark
37.3 cm, 14⅝ in.

PROVENANCE

The Matsuyama Collection (label).

HK$ 30,000,000-40,000,000
US$ 3,870,000-5,160,000

Mark Inscription on box

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