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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF LARGE IRON-RED AND BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASES AND COVERS
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
Each vase is fnely decorated around the body in vivid underglaze blue and bright iron-red enamels
with a writhing fve-clawed dragon chasing a faming pearl amongst clouds, above crashing waves
encircling the foot. The covers are decorated with bats and clouds.
20√ in. (53 cm.) high
(2)

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
Stephen Junkunc, III (1904-1978) Collection.
清乾隆/嘉慶 青花礬紅雲龍戲珠紋大瓶一對

(another view)
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