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A BLUE AND WHITE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED Acquired in the 1920s by Erik Nordstrom, Sweden, and then by
BOTTLE VASE decent.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
清康熙 青花釉裡紅瑞獸圖長頸瓶
The vase is decorated with a continuous scene of an open-
winged Buddhist lion standing on rocks beside waves, looking 來源:瑞典ERIK NORDSTROM珍藏,於1920年代購自瑞典,
at a large bird on rocks, all beneath a copper-red moon amongst 其家族珍藏至今
clouds. There are two copper-red seals to the base of the neck.
There is an apocryphal Chenghua mark to the base.
15¡ in. (39 cm.) high
£10,000-12,000 $13,000-15,000
€12,000-14,000
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