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3803 A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF YANGCAI
'BUTTERFLY' VASES,
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
清乾隆 洋彩粉地蝴蝶瓶一對
《大清乾隆年製》款
each of baluster shape with a tall waisted neck and an
incurving lip, the body covered in an even powdery pink
enamel, scattered with a variety of butterflies and moths in
flight among a multitude of flowers, including peonies,
magnolia sprays, peach blossoms, prunus branches, lotus
flowers, chrysanthemums, orchids and bamboo, the lower
part encircled by lappets enclosing a small floret suspending
beads and a chime on a café-au-lait ground, the shoulder
with arabesque design in blue enamel between a raised gilt
band and a ruyi-collar, the interior and the base covered in a
pale turquoise colour, reserved on the base with a six-
character seal mark in iron-red
h. 47 cm

HK$ 40,000,000-60,000,000
US$ 5,100,000-7,650,000

PROVENANCE 來源：
Collection of Lord Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900), by repute. 傳洛赫勛爵（1827-1900年）收藏
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-17), Fonthill House, 英國威爾特郡蒂斯伯里放山居艾弗瑞．莫里森（1821-97年）
Tisbury, Wiltshire, no. 552. 收藏，編號552
Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, 蘇格蘭艾雷島馬格代爾勛爵（1906-96年）收藏
T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-96). 倫敦佳士得1965年5月31日，編號107
Christie's London, 31st May 1965, lot 107. 吳權博士 (1910-97年) 收藏
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-97). 吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號Q7.34
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. Q7.34.
展覽：
EXHIBITED 《龍隱：東方陶瓷學會會員稀珍藏品展》，東方陶瓷學會，
China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic 倫敦，2016年
Society Members, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London,
2016. 出版：
柯玫瑰等，《吉塞島吳蓮伯博物館》，坎伯利，2011年，封面及
LITERATURE 編號153
Rose Kerr et al, Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan 康蕊君編，《龍隱：東方陶瓷學會會員稀珍藏品展》，倫敦，2016
Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Camberley, 2011, cover 年，編號207（其一）
and cat. no. 153. Mary Redfern，〈Chinese Without Dragons. An
Regina Krahl, ed., China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces Exhibition Presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society〉，
from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, 《Arts of Asia》，2016年11-12月，頁162，圖11（其一）
cat. no. 207 (one vase).
Mary Redfern, 'Chinese Without Dragons. An Exhibition
Presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society', Arts of Asia,
November-December 2016, p. 162, fig. 11 (one vase).

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