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A clair de lune glazed hu vase
Underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark and of the Period
of archaic bronze form, with moulded elephant head and ring handles, carved to the lower body with stylised coiled guei dragons, the neck with a foliate band -- 7 5/8in. (19.5cms) high, (drilled through mark).
See Illustration.
For a similar example see 'Later Chinese Porcelain, The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)', Soame Jenyns, Plate C, illustration no.2.
Underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark and of the Period
of archaic bronze form, with moulded elephant head and ring handles, carved to the lower body with stylised coiled guei dragons, the neck with a foliate band -- 7 5/8in. (19.5cms) high, (drilled through mark).
See Illustration.
For a similar example see 'Later Chinese Porcelain, The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)', Soame Jenyns, Plate C, illustration no.2.
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