A VERY RARE CARVED WHITE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE

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A VERY RARE CARVED WHITE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
IMPRESSED QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The rounded body rises from a splayed foot to a tall neck and flaring mouth, crisply moulded in low relief with lotus blooms, large lotus leaves and foliate stems, the petals incised with straight and wavy lines, the body covered in a transparent glaze which is suffused with original crackles and stopping at the foot revealing the smooth white body, original firing lines around base and foot
13 1/2 in. (34.2 cm.) high, box

Exhibited

Christie's London, An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 2-14 June 1993, Catalogue, no. 43.

Lot Essay

This is an excellent example of the quality that could be achieved in 18th century Imperial wares employing carefully finished carved and moulded designs and the lotus pattern is particularly effective on this wide flaring shape.

The glaze and decorative motifs of this vase is clearly influenced by the classic Ding wares of the Song period created to satisfy the Emperor Qianlong's keen interest in archaism. For a related example of a vase with peony and honeysuckle moulded on the compressed globular body in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, p. 53, no. 29.

(US$45,000-60,000)

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