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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘NINE DRAGON’ FISH
BOWLS
Guangxu
The heavily potted deep rounded sides brilliantly painted in famille rose
enamels with nine five-clawed dragons in various attitudes leaping
amidst flames and clouds and writhing out of crashing waves around
the base, all below a ruyi collar filled with chrysanthemums and
scrolling tendrils, the flattened rim with sprays of blossoming lotus, the
interior with orange red fish swimming amid reeds, with foldable wood
supports.
Each 46.5cm (18 2/8in) high (4).
£15,000 - 20,000 CNY150,000 - 190,000
HK$180,000 - 240,000
清光緒 粉彩九龍騰雲紋大缸一對
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