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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A PAINTED ENAMEL DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯「大吉」葫蘆瓶
The upper and lower sections of the vase are decorated with eight large red-enamelled characters, reading
Daji which may be translated as ‘Great Fortune’. The characters are set against a bright turquoise ground,
with fowering and fruiting double-gourd vines, and butterfies in fight.
6æ in. (16.6 cm.) high
£15,000-20,000 $23,000-30,000
€21,000-27,000
Compare this to a double-gourd vase with a similar design of gourds and butterfies, but without daji
characters, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 March 2012, lot 211.
來源:私人珍藏
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