QIANLONG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE TEADUST-GLAZED VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The compressed body raised on a flared foot and surmounted by a columnar neck, covered overall with a finely mottled glaze of rich olive tone thinning to mushroom on the mouth rim, the foot rim covered with a brown wash and the seal mark with a dark brown glaze
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Morgan Collection.
Alice Boney, New York, 7 December 1955.

Lot Essay

A similar vase with Qianlong mark in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644 - 1911, London, 1986, fig. 25.; and another is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 256-7, no. 936. Compare, also, the similar vase from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Breece III sold in these rooms, 18 September 2003, lot 342.

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