Lot 451
451
A RARE DOUCAI OVOID JAR
This lot is offered without reserve.
A RARE DOUCAI OVOID JAR

CHINA, YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)

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A RARE DOUCAI OVOID JAR
CHINA, YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
The ovoid body finely enameled and shaded in bright tones of green, yellow, mauve, iron-red and underglaze blue with scattered and overlapping stylized flowerheads
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1971.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Compare the present vase with an identical unmarked vase of the same size dated to the Yongzheng period in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 248, no. 227. A Qianlong-marked vase of this rare pattern was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1st May 2001, lot 562.

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