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A CELADON-GLAZED TAZZA The present piece is notable for the elegant design of stylised
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG foliage and flower sprays which perfectly complements the
form and hue of the celadon glaze. A closely related tazza,
finely carved and moulded on the biscuit under the glaze, the from the collection of Mrs. Frances Collins was sold in our New
interior centred with an eight-petalled flower head, surrounded York rooms, 23rd October 1976, lot 270; and another example
by four blossoms alternating with ruyi-heads, all wreathed in
was sold twice at Christie’s Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, lot
feathery foliage forming interlaced scrollwork, the underside 470, and 27th May 2009, lot 1891.
similarly decorated with undulous striated petals issuing from
a collar of alternating trefoils and whorls, above interlinked 本品紋飾雅緻，造型妍巧，釉色恬靜，三者搭配，相得益
scrolls draping the stem, covered overall in a pale translucent
彰。可參照一相類盤例，為 Frances Collins 舊藏，售於
sea-green glaze thinning to white on the reliefs and towards
紐約蘇富比1976年10月23日，編號270；再比一相似作
the rim, the interior of the stem reserved in white and inscribed
with a horizontal six-character seal mark 例，曾兩度售於香港佳士得，分別為1990年10月8日，編
17.5 cm, 6⅞ in. 號470，及2009年5月27日，編號1891。
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 24th July 1973, lot 413.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

清乾隆 粉青釉番蓮如意紋供盤
Mark
《大清乾隆年製》款
來源：
倫敦蘇富比1973年7月24日，編號413

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