The Leshantang Collection (II) – Treasures of Chinese Art from the Tsai I-Ming Collection
The Leshantang Collection (II) – Treasures of Chinese Art from the Tsai I-Ming Collection
An exceptionally rare and finely painted copper-red 'nine dragon' moon flask, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 釉裏紅九龍海水紋雙耳扁壺 《大清乾隆年製》款
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An exceptionally rare and finely painted copper-red 'nine dragon' moon flask,
Seal mark and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 釉裏紅九龍海水紋雙耳扁壺 《大清乾隆年製》款
the moon-shaped body finely painted in rich tones of raspberry red with nine ferocious five-clawed dragons writhing amidst vaporous clouds and above crashing waves, surmounted by a tall neck decorated with a swooping bat suspending a tasselled chime on each side, between collars of pendent trefoils and flanked by two ruyi-handles, the countersunk base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue
29.2 cm
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st May 2001, lot 538 (acquired after the sale).
香港蘇富比2001年5月1日，編號538（拍賣後購入）
The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, pl. 47.
Lü Chenglong, Zhongguo gutaoci kuanzhi, Beijing, 2023, fig. 225.
《樂山堂藏瓷》，台北，2005年，圖版47
呂成龍，《中國古陶瓷款識》，北京，2023年，圖225