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A RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF IMPERIAL BLACK-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASES, China, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908) - h cm 50,2 x l cm 31 The baluster body, of flattened quadrilobate section, rises from a tapered, lobed foot to a wide flared and lobed mouth. Two central octagonal, petal-lobed medallions are painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with a dragon and its young contesting the flaming pearl. On the sides are two pairs of blue-and-white lion-head handles with rings held in the mouths. The ground is covered in a black glaze, except for the base, which bears a four-character underglaze blue mark, Qing Hua Zhen Pin (清华珍品). Provenance: Private collection, Italy. Catalogue notes: See a vase of identical form, decorated in relief with a dragon and a carp and marked and dated to the Guangxu period, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession no. 故瓷017960N000000000 (https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Collection/Detail/1807?dep=U). See also an identical vase, marked and of the Guangxu period, sold at Sotheby’s, Important Chinese Art, 23 September 2020, New York, lot 812 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art/an-unusual-large-black-glazed-blue-and-white). 清光绪 墨地开光青花苍龙教子狮耳衔环海棠尊 来源：意大利私人收藏 本品为海棠尊形，器型硕大，胎质厚重，通体施墨彩，颈部塑双兽首衔环耳，腹部两侧开光，绘青花二龙戏珠纹饰 ，所绘龙形威武，身形矫健，鳞片历历，舞爪张牙，乘风弄瀚，浩气奔霓，极具皇家气韵，青花发色明艳深沉，底 书“清华珍品”四字双行篆书款，为清晚期不可多得的官窑上乘佳作。 图录注释： 台北故宫博物院藏有一件形制相同的瓶，饰以浮雕龙鲤纹，并有款识及年代，为光绪年间作品，藏品编号：故瓷0 17960N000000000 (https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Collection/Detail/1807?dep=U)。 另见一件光绪年间的同款花瓶，有款，于 2020 年 9 月 23 日在纽约苏富比“重要中国艺术品”拍卖会上售出，拍品编号 812 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art/an-unusual-large-black-glazed-blue-and-white?local e=zh-Hans)。