The vessel in archaic ding form, the compressed globular body resting atop three curved legs, below a short straight neck and a galleried mouth, topped by a pair of upright rectangular handles. The exterior is molded with overlapping cicada blades below kui dragon alternating large ruyi heads against a key fret ground, further blade motif repeated on legs, all reserved on an apple green ground, both handles decorated with key-fret borders and small gilt circles.
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For similar examples, please refer to Sotheby’s New York, September 13, 2016, Sale N09541 Important Chinese Art, lot 267; And Christie's Hong Kong, May 30, 2018, Sale 16956 Three Qianlong Rarities - Imperial Ceramics From An Important Private Collection, lot 2753; And Christie's Hong Kong, April 27, 1997, lot 801.