QIANLONG INCISED AND GILDED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE GILT-DECORATED TEADUST-GLAZED IMITATION BRONZE BEAKER VASE, GU
QIANLONG INCISED AND GILDED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Finely molded around the spreading foot, bulbous midsection and flared neck with ruyi heads and archaistic lappets enameled in turquoise in imitation of bronze encrustation, separated by confronted chilong, key fret and archaistic elements enclosing shou roundels painted in gilding, all reserved on a teadust ground
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired prior to World War II, and thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

A similary glazed, slightly smaller (27.7 cm.) Qianlong-marked gu-form 'imitation bronze' vase, is in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 169, no. 150.

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