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二 23. A Chinese porcelain blue and white octagonal facetted water vessel, with upright bail handle moulded as two confronting dragons
十 heads between a pearl, short square spout, flanked by everted flanges, painted on each side with figures in a mountain river
三 landscape, the sides with prunus branches and rockwork, all divided by ribbon-tied flowerheads on a geometric ground, with
青 brown-dressed borders inspired by the wood original, the flat top with a roundel and drop-in cover painted with flower sprays
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山 on a dense floral ground, the flat base unglazed.
水 7 ⅞ inches, 20 cm handle to handle.
Yongzheng, 1723-1735.
人
物 • A similar vessel painted with chickens, in The Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Yi-hua in Kangxi,
圖 Yongzheng, Qianlong, no. 13, p. 184.
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