A RARE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Finely painted in Ming style with an arched lotus meander around the faceted body above lotus lappets and below borders of ruyi-pendents and key-fret, the neck with a central lotus blossom surrounded by smaller blooms issuing from a leafy sprig, with a further floral band between the two tubular handles decorated with waves, the everted rim with a further border of waves above double trefoils, the foot with stylized floral sprays above a classic scroll band
18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The present example differs from its apparently similar relations in three main ways, making it a great rarity among the group. Firstly, the breaking waves are painted around the handles rather than as a broad band around the neck between the handles. Secondly, the presence of a key-pattern band dividing the neck and body decoration is an unusual feature. Thirdly, the lotus scroll depicts flowers in profile rather than fully frontal as in closely related vases. Compare the vase from the Palace Museum, Beijing illustrated in the Special Exhibition of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong Porcelain, Catalogue, no. 68, and the vases sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 959 and 2 May 1994, lot 660. October 1991, lot 959 and 2 May 1994, lot 660.

(US$30,000-40,000)

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