JIAQING SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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AN UNUSUAL SLIP-DECORATED TURQUOISE-GLAZED VASE
JIAQING SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The ovoid body and neck decorated in white slip with a lace-like design of lotus scroll incorporating dragons, bats and pendent chimes, between decorative borders and with a band of keyfret on the high shoulder, all reserved on a turquoise ground repeated on the interior and the base surrounding the nianhao, with a pair of gilt-decorated iron-red handles terminating in a ruyi head, the mouth rim gilded
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Compare the Jiaqing-mark and period vase of different form with related slip decoration on a turquoise ground in the Weishaupt Collection illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, p. 29, no. 17.

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