QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A TEADUST-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Well potted with a globular lower bulb and a slender, tapering upper bulb, linked by a pair of elegant high loop-handles terminating in ruyi-heads at the shoulders of the lower bulb, the waist moulded with a band of petals divided by a central rib, covered overall in an even, finely speckled olive-green glaze, thinning to reddish-brown at the mouth rim and handles, the base glazed, the footrim dressed with a pale brown wash
10¼ in. (26.1 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar vase is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, no. 938; one was included in the exhibition National Treasures - Gems of China's Cultural Relics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1997, illustrated in the Catalogue, pp. 352-353; another was included in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 100, and subsequently sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 2000, lot 378; and another, previously from the Tsui Museum of Art, sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 28 October 2002, lot 724.

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