64 cm. （25 1/4 in.） diam.

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Sotheby’s Amsterdam， 16 October 1995， lot 62 （cover lot）_x000D_
The Tsui Museum of Art， Hong Kong_x000D_
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Robustly-potted with shallow rounded sides， the interior decorated with central facing dragon in flight amidst billowing clouds flanked by two dragons chasing flaming pearls， the outer cavetto painted with further two dragons above a band of leaf lappets， all painted in lime-yellow tone on a rich cobalt-blue ground， the base with a four-character zhuanshu Imperial hall mark in underglaze blue._x000D_
Chuxiugong， also known as Palace of Gathering Elegance， is one of the six Western palaces located within the Forbidden City. It is the palace which is most favoured by the Empress Dowager Cixi （b.1835-1908）， and was her primary residence from 1856 to 1885. Empress Cixi had the palace lavishly refurnished on her 50th birthday in 1884， and those ceramic pieces specifically ordered by Imperial decree for this occasion bore the Chuxiugong zhi marks inscribed in underglazed-blue archaic script._x000D_
These ceramics were often large or monumental in size， and their shapes derived mostly from Kangxi period prototypes.

Price estimate:
HKD: 1,000,000 - 1,500,000
USD: 127,400 - 191,100

Auction Result:
HKD : --