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A FINE TEADUST-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
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A FINE TEADUST-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

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

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A FINE TEADUST-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
IMPRESSED QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Well potted with a globular lower bulb and a slender, tapering upper bulb, linked by a pair of elegant high loop-handles terminating in ruyi-heads at the shoulders of the lower bulb, the waist faintly moulded with a band of petals divided by a central rib, covered overall in an even, finely speckled yellow-green glaze, thinning to reddish-brown at the mouth rim and handles, the base glazed, the footrim dressed with a pale brown wash
8 in. (20.5cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Vases of this size and form with a teadust glaze and a Qianlong mark are included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 80 and in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics II. 1990. no. 701; another was included in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1977, catalogue no. 100.

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