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A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI 'DRAGON' JARLET AND COVER
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A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI 'DRAGON' JARLET AND COVER
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Estimate
(Set Currency)
    HK$1,200,000 - HK$1,500,000
  • ($155,535 - $194,419)

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Sale 2711
the imperial saleimportant chinese ceramics and works of art
27 May 2009
Convention Hall Buy Catalog




Lot Description

A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE DOUCAI 'DRAGON' JARLET AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of globular form with a short lipped rim, delicately enamelled around the body with two five-clawed dragons amidst cloud scrolls in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', one dragon in red the other in blue, above crashing waves and rockwork around the base and below a band of lappets at the rim, the cover similarly decorated with lappets and cloud scrolls
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide, wood stand, box


清乾隆 鬥彩雲龍趕珠紋小蓋罐 六字篆書款

此罐原為胡惠春舊藏。
至今並無其他與此拍品相同的乾隆瓷出版記錄，香港佳士得曾於2007年5月27日拍出一件原為英國鐵路養老基金會收藏的乾隆款龍紋小罐，拍品編號1365。瑞士Baur Collection藏品中有一件裝飾風格相似的雍正款帶蓋小罐，倫敦佳士得亦於2008年11月4日拍出一件雍正款的龍紋小罐，拍品編號219。

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Provenance

J. M. Hu collection

Lot Notes

No other doucai example of this form and decoration appears to be recorded. A comparable Qianlong doucai jarlet was sold at Christies Hong Kong, 27 May 2007, lot 1365.

A similarly decorated Yongzheng-marked doucai globular jarlet without its cover was sold at Christies London, 4 November 2008, lot 219. A further Yongzheng-marked example is illustrated by John Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. 4, Geneva, 1974, A572 (no.61).

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