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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A VERY RARE AND EXQUISITE IMPERIAL PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD DISH
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The dish is raised on three gilt-bronze, elephant-head supports and the bottom of the
interior is fnely decorated with a pair of fanciful butterfies with elaborately patterned wings
confronted below a band of four linked, scrolling dragons in blue-green on a yellow ground
on the slightly out-curved sides, the four dragons repeated on the exterior in green, pink,
blue and pinkish-mauve above a band of fne, blue foliate scroll. The reign mark on the base
centers the larger of two peaches surrounded by sprays of rose, narcissus and lingzhi.
4æ in. (12.1 cm.) diam., box

$200,000-300,000

PROVENANCE:

Private collection, France, acquired in Paris, 1970s.
清乾隆 黃地銅胎畫琺瑯「喜相逢」三足小盤 藍彩四字楷書款

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