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A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED 清乾隆 豆青釉夔龍紋罐
‘KUI DRAGON’ JAR 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
of baluster form with high shoulders, boldly carved with
archaistic kui dragons and phoenix, their sinuous bodies
studded with tiny bosses and terminating in bifurcated tails,
all set between a wan symbol band encircling the neck and
upright lotus petals around the foot, applied overall with a rich
olive-green glaze pooling to a darker tone in the recesses, the
base crisply carved with a six-character seal mark
26.2 cm, 10¼ in.
HK$ 40,000-60,000
US$ 5,100-7,700

Carved with a marvellous matrix composed entirely of sinuous 此青釉罐飾夔龍紋，傚仿明初龍泉官窰青瓷。紐約蘇富比
kui dragons, this vase follows in the Longquan celadon style 曾售兩相似例，可資比對，其一售於1979年5月5日，編
made for the court during the early Ming dynasty. Compare
號40，其二售於1981年11月6日，編號306。此類夔龍紋
two related baluster vases sold in our New York rooms, the
飾之原型，可參一例，售於倫敦蘇富比1973年7月24日，
first, 5th May 1979, lot 40, and the second, 6th November 1981,
lot 306. For the prototype of this design see a vase decorated 編號56。
with striking dragons, sold in our London rooms, 24th July
1973, lot 56.

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