Lot 2980
2980
A SMALL BROWN-GLAZED ‘CONCH SHELL’ PORCELAIN WATER POT
PROPERTY FROM THE RUIXIULOU COLLECTION
A SMALL BROWN-GLAZED ‘CONCH SHELL’ PORCELAIN WATER POT

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A SMALL BROWN-GLAZED ‘CONCH SHELL’ PORCELAIN WATER POT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The water pot is crisply and naturalistically modelled in the form of a conch shell, with the body spiralling from one end and opening to a deep cavity and flaring undulating lip at the rim. The vessel is covered to the exterior and parts of the interior with a deep brown wash.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) wide, hongmu stand, Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

This realistic model of a conch shell belongs to a specialised group of Qianlong-period porcelain crafted in imitation of the natural world. Compare the present lot with three imitation sea shells in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 405, pl. 86, and a single shell published in The Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum: The Chinaware Volume - The Second Part, Shenyang, 2008, p. 201.

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