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

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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Finely painted in early fifteenth century style, the pear-shaped body is decorated with blossoming branches alternating with fruiting branches of peach, pomegranate and gourd, between a lotus-lappet band below and ruyi and key-fret bands around the shoulder. The base of the neck is encircled by a band of scroll-filled petal lappets and the spreading foot has a band of wind-tossed waves.
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A number of Qianlong-marked vases of this design have been published, including one in The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 88, no. 61; and another by Geng Baochang illustrated in Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 118, fig. 157.

A very similar vase was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2008, lot 203, and another at Christie's New York, 19 September 2006, lot 308.

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