CAST QIANLONG SEAL MARK AROUND THE RIM AND INSIDE THE COVER AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DOU
Cast Qianlong seal mark around the rim and inside the cover and of the period (1736-95)
The broad cylindrical bowl raised on a knopped spreading stem, the domed cover with a ropetwist finial, cast around the exterior with archaistic motifs, 'C'-scrolls and undulating bands, the bronze with a dark olive-green patina
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

It is rare to find vessels of this shape in the 18th Century made of bronze. Archaistic dou are more commonly found in monochrome porcelain, in particular blue glazes after the emperor Qianlong decreed in 1748 that the vessels to be used at the Temple of Heaven were to be of blue porcelain. Margaret Medley illustrates an example of a blue-glazed version together with illustrations of similar vessels in 'The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Ch'ing Dynasty in the Victoria and Albert Museum', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 31, 1957-59, pl. 39 a, c and d

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