QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A CELADON-GLAZED BARREL-FORM JAR
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of ovoid form with a flat rim encircling the mouth, with slightly raised bands at top and bottom applied with rows of small bosses, and with a pair of molded mask and ring handles, covered overall with a glaze of pale sea-green tone thinning to a pale tone on raised areas, the countersunk base similarly glazed
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

A pair of Qianlong jars of this form is illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1979, pl. 224, nos. 271 and 272. One with a Yongzheng mark was included in the Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, no. 18. See, also, the nearly identical example from the Collection of Robert Chang sold in these rooms, 20 September 2001, lot 390.

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