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

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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED FIVE-NECKED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The heavily potted vase of square section is raised on a spreading circular foot and the sides are molded with three sets of ribbed bands below the four small tubular necks that rise from the corners of the shoulder to surround the large central neck. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of soft sea-green color.
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical celadon-glazed five-necked cong-form vase of similar size (27.2 cm.) dated to the Yongzheng period in the collection of the National Palace Museum is illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-Hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no. 64.

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