A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'NINE DRAGON' CHARGER MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS MAY BE REQUESTED BY SOTHEBY'S TO COMPLETE THE PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM AND TO DELIVER TO SOTHEBY'S A DEPOSIT OF HK$2,500,000, OR SUCH OTHER HIGHER AMOUNT AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY SOTHEBY'S, AND ANY FINANCIAL REFERENCES, GUARANTEES AND/OR SUCH OTHER SECURITY AS SOTHEBY'S MAY REQUIRE IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AS SECURITY FOR THE BID. THE BIDnow ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PREMIUM LOTS. sturdily potted with curved sides and everted rim, the interior with a central medallion of a bright iron-red, vigorous, five-clawed full-frontal dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' amidst a turbulent sea of underglaze-blue waves, the cavetto on both the interior and exterior with four rampant red dragons in different lively attitudes, two of them five-clawed and two three-clawed and one of the latter with wings and a fish tail and only one eye visible, all floating among blue clouds, the rim with further waves, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within double circles in underglaze blue 47.2 cm., 18 5/8 in.
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'NINE DRAGON' CHARGER MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS MAY BE REQUESTED BY SOTHEBY'S TO COMPLETE THE PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM AND TO DELIVER TO SOTHEBY'S A DEPOSIT OF HK$2,500,000, OR SUCH OTHER HIGHER AMOUNT AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY SOTHEBY'S, AND ANY FINANCIAL REFERENCES, GUARANTEES AND/OR SUCH OTHER SECURITY AS SOTHEBY'S MAY REQUIRE IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AS SECURITY FOR THE BID. THE BIDnow ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PREMIUM LOTS. sturdily potted with curved sides and everted rim, the interior with a central medallion of a bright iron-red, vigorous, five-clawed full-frontal dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' amidst a turbulent sea of underglaze-blue waves, the cavetto on both the interior and exterior with four rampant red dragons in different lively attitudes, two of them five-clawed and two three-clawed and one of the latter with wings and a fish tail and only one eye visible, all floating among blue clouds, the rim with further waves, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within double circles in underglaze blue 47.2 cm., 18 5/8 in.
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