An Yixing stoneware double-gourd vase Qing dynasty
An Yixing stoneware double-gourd vase
Qing dynasty
Of elegant form supported on a slightly flared footring, the upper bulb surmounted by a long tapering neck, applied with a pair of elephant head handles suspending loose rings, the upper bulb applied with four stylised archaistic kui dragons in a darker brown slip, reserved against a dense leiwen scroll, the waist applied with red slip, the lower bulb applied with four additional kui dragons separated by stylised 'ji' characters against a leiwen ground, the lower side of the body impressed with three zhuanshu seals, the stoneware of a reddish-beige colour.
19cm high.
Sold for HK$ 37,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 清 段泥鋪首耳巧色貼花仿古大吉瓶

    「傳」篆文圓印
    「林」、「□」篆文方印

    葫蘆形瓶身,上小下大,直口,溜肩,束腰上畫彩,肩部兩側各有一獸首衔環,圈足外撇。瓶身上部以巧色飾膜印貼花夔紋,並以雲雷紋作地,下身腹部飾雲雷紋地夔龍與吉祥紋。段泥泥色黯淡古沉,紋飾仿自古代青銅彝器,予整器古樸韻味。瓶下身腹部鈐有「傳」篆文圓印及「林」篆文方印,下方另一篆文方印模糊難辨。

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