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A POLYCHROME ‘DRAGON’ JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

明嘉靖 礬紅綠彩雲龍戲珠紋罐 雙框六字楷書款

The jar is painted in iron-red and green enamels with two scaly dragons
striding amidst lotus scrolls between a band of ruyi heads around the base and
scrolling foral foliage on the shoulder.

6¡ in. (16 cm.) high

£8,000-12,000 $13,000-18,000
€11,000-16,000

PROVENANCE:

From the collection of a distinguished European Lady, acquired between 1970
and 1976.

來源: 歐洲私人珍藏，於1970-1976年間購入

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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE VASE, MEIPING
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋梅瓶

The vase is painted around the body with scrolling lotus blooms interrupted
on one side with a meandering foral spray, between a band of four cruciform
motifs centred on a lotus head around the foot, and meandering foliage above
the shoulder below the small slightly faring neck.

8 in. (20 cm.) high

£8,000-12,000 $13,000-18,000
€11,000-16,000

PROVENANCE:

From the collection of a distinguished European Lady, acquired between 1970
and 1976.

Compare a virtually identical meiping, illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese
Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Germany, 2003, p. 122, image 91.

來源: 歐洲私人珍藏，於1970-1976年間購入

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