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A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ MOONFLASK

Lot 2903
30.05.2023 14:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 108 025 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 959751
Lot 2903 | A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 80 000 000 – 120 000 000
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ MOONFLASK

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The circular body is finely pencilled and enamelled on each side in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, and shades of green with a green five-clawed dragon emerging from waves to confront an ascending dragon in iron-red amid cloud-scrolls and flames. The neck is decorated with a pair of ascending bats flanked by a pair of reticulated chilong-form handles. The spreading foot is decorated with bats between further cloud scrolls.

20 in. (51 cm.) high





Provenance

Sold at Phillips, London, 12 June 1991, lot 116 (front cover)

Joseph Chan, Hong Kong

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 May 1995, lot 699

Gammon Art, Hong Kong, 1995

A Hong Kong private collection, 1998

Daijindo, Tokyo
Historical era:Qianlong period
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
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