A TEADUST-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE

QIANLONG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A TEADUST-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Qianlong Incised Seal Mark and of the Period
With a compressed lower body and spreading foot, covered inside and out with a finely speckled opaque glaze of rich, even tone, the incised characters of the nianhao similarly glazed and reserved against the brown ground of the square seal mark, itself reserved against the teadust-glazed base, the unglazed foot rim covered in a brown wash
14in. (35.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar vase of slightly smaller size in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, p. 48, no. 25; and another is illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 256-257, no. 936. Compare, also, the vase sold in these rooms, The Jingguantang Collection, Part II, March 20, 1997, lot 99