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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 61*

A powder-blue-ground and iron-red 'fish' baluster vase
18th/19th century

8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A powder-blue-ground and iron-red 'fish' baluster vase

18th/19th century
The tall slender body enamelled with two pairs of iron-red fish gazing at each other on a powder-blue ground gilt with smaller fish swimming amongst water weed, the neck gilt with four shou characters between pairs of Buddhist wan symbols. 45.2cm (17¾in) high

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Provenance: a Swiss private collection

十八/十九世紀 灑藍地描金紅魚紋瓶

來源:瑞士私人收藏

Compare a related vase, also with iron-red fish on a powder-blue ground, illustrated by J.Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol.IV, Geneva, 1974, no.A.559.

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