A SUPERB AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED AND BLUE AND WHITE `DRAGON` MOONFLASK

Lot 924
30.04.2026 18:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 4 445 000
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Lot 924 | A SUPERB AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED AND BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 3 500 000 – 5 000 000
A SUPERB AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED AND BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' MOONFLASK
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high




Provenance

Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 June 1990, lot 305
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2006, lot 1063



Literature

Tina Yee-wan Pang, A Passion for Collecting: The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Orientations, vol. 43, January- February 2012, p.50
Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2019, pp. 486-489, no. 91



Exhibited

The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Divine Power: The Dragon in Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 11 February – 31 October 2012, cat. p.109
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020 – 28 April 2021, cat. no. 135
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