Lot Essay
The only other vase of this rare shape and pattern, possibly the pair to the present lot, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 November 1988, lot 104.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
Details
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase of square section with chamfered corners below the waisted neck, the angled shoulders tapering to a bulbous base finely painted and pencilled with a dense lotus flower scroll issuing curled leaves and tendrils, interspersed with pairs of bats to each of the main facets with a further bat below the rim suspending a musical stone and tasselled wan emblem, with additional tasselled musical chimes dangling from the top corner of each squared shoulder, the everted mouth encircled with a band of ruyi heads, the low splayed foot with floral sprays
12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) high, stand, box
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase of square section with chamfered corners below the waisted neck, the angled shoulders tapering to a bulbous base finely painted and pencilled with a dense lotus flower scroll issuing curled leaves and tendrils, interspersed with pairs of bats to each of the main facets with a further bat below the rim suspending a musical stone and tasselled wan emblem, with additional tasselled musical chimes dangling from the top corner of each squared shoulder, the everted mouth encircled with a band of ruyi heads, the low splayed foot with floral sprays
12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) high, stand, box
Provenance
Previously sold:
Sotheby's London, 14 December 1976, lot 163
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 May 1985, lot 181
The British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 40
Sotheby's London, 14 December 1976, lot 163
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 May 1985, lot 181
The British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 40
Exhibited
On loan at the Dorchester International Ceramics Fair, London, June 1986
The Chang Foundation, Taipei, Ching Wan Society Millennium Exhibition, 2000, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 197, no. 102
The Chang Foundation, Taipei, Ching Wan Society Millennium Exhibition, 2000, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 197, no. 102
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Carrie Li
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