A SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED VASE
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION
A SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED VASE

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The globular body is decorated in white slip with two roundels, each formed of a descending bat suspending a chime above a peach spray, separated by vertical borders comprising tendril and ruyi heads. The tall cylindrical neck is similarly decorated with bats above lotus blossoms and lozenges and flanked by a pair of kui dragon handles below the upright rim. It is covered overall in a pale celadon glaze.
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Chin Hai Wang, acquired in Taiwan before 1964, and thence by descent within the family.

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