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A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL PUCE-ENAMELLED UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DRAGON' BRUSHES -

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A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL PUCE-ENAMELLED UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DRAGON' BRUSHES
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(Set Currency)
    HK$2,500,000 - HK$3,000,000
  • ($323,558 - $388,270)

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Sale 2811
The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
31 May 2010
Hong Kong Buy Catalog





Lot Description

A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL PUCE-ENAMELLED UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DRAGON' BRUSHES
QIANLONG IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each cylindrical shaft boldly decorated with five bats and two ferocious five-clawed dragons picked out in shades of pink writhing amidst swirling clouds, the sealmark at the end of the shaft
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) long, box (2)


清乾隆 青花胭脂紅雲龍紋毫筆一對 礬紅六字篆書款

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Lot Notes

A very similarly decorated pair of brushes with iron-red dragons from the Wang Xing Lou Collection is illustrated in Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 94 & 95, no. 31; compare also a similar pair sold at Christie's London, 3 November 2009, lot 287.

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