A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE

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

Details
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The globular body painted in Ming style with simulated 'heaping and piling' with a broad frieze of composite flower scroll above a band of petal lappets and below a triple line border and trefoil cloud collar and foliate scroll bands on the shoulder, with a band of upright leaves at the base of the waisted neck and a further trefoil band pendent from a band of cresting waves at the top, raised on a foot encircled by a band of classic scroll
14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in 1978.

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Lot Essay

A similar vase of same height is illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 233. Two similar Qianlong-marked bottle vases of comparable size (36.2 and 36.8 cm.) were sold in these rooms, 19 March 2009, lots 567 and 738.

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