Lot Essay
A similar vase from the Gerald M. Greenwald Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1785.
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PROPERTY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ART ACQUISITIONS FUND
A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The urn-shaped body is molded with a bowstring band below the sloping shoulder. The neck is flanked by a pair of trailing scroll handles below the metal-bound rim. The whole is covered with a glaze of crushed strawberry tone streaked in milky and purplish blue and thinning to white on the handles.
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The urn-shaped body is molded with a bowstring band below the sloping shoulder. The neck is flanked by a pair of trailing scroll handles below the metal-bound rim. The whole is covered with a glaze of crushed strawberry tone streaked in milky and purplish blue and thinning to white on the handles.
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs. Sylvia Orrell Collection.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, accessioned in 1975.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, accessioned in 1975.