QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL COPPER-RED-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED BOTTLE VASES
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tapering ovoid body and exterior and interior of the tall neck decorated in copper red and underglaze blue with marbling, and applied on the shoulder and neck with a chilong highlighted in copper red, all on a ground of soft blue-green color that also covers the base, the foot covered with a dark brown dressing
9¾ and 9½ in. (24.8 and 24.2 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

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Lot Essay

The present pair of vases appears to be quite unusual, although similar vases are known. A larger (37.3 cm. high), Qianlong-marked bottle vase, also glazed in pale celadon over copper red, and with a dragon applied to the neck, in the collection of the National Museum of China, is illustrated in Zhongguo Guo Jia Bowuguan, Shanghai, 2006, p. 181, no. 119. Compare, also, the smaller example (14.3 cm.) sold in these rooms, 17 September 2008, lot 492.

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