INCISED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A MINT-GREEN-GLAZED SEAL-PASTE BOX AND COVER
INCISED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Of compressed spherical shape standing on a slightly stepped foot, finely incised on the cover with two five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst clouds, the box with waves around the base, covered with an even mint-green glaze, the interior glazed white
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) diam.

Provenance

E. T. Hall Collection, no. 34

Literature

The Chinese Scholars Desk, 17th to 18th Century, Oxford, 1979, no.54, p.12

Exhibited

The Chinese Scholars Desk, 17th to 18th Century, Oriental Ceramic Society, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1979, no. 54

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Lot Essay

Compare a Kangxi green-glazed example in the Shanghai Museum, incised with dragons above waves but with a recessed, white-glazed base, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares in the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, no. 243, pp. 362-363

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