QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE PAIR OF MOULDED PALE CELADON-GLAZED DISHES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
With shallow straight sides rising from a tapered foot, the interior finely moulded with three bats in flight amidst and auspicious objects, the exterior moulded with plantain leaves round the base, all under a glaze of characteristic pale blue tone except for the foot rim
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) diam., box (2)

Provenance

Former US Consul General in Italy, 1975
Acquired from a private collection, Milan

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Lot Essay

There are very few Qianlong-marked examples of this pattern, which continued from a Yongzheng convention of delicately carved and subtly glazed dishes. An almost identical Qianlong-marked pair was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 March 1992, lot 583.

Compare also with a Yongzheng-marked example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Office And Popular Wares, Taipei, 1991, p. 128; and another sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 2000, lot 528.

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