QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A TEADUST-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The body of compressed pear shape is supported on a slightly splayed foot and rises to a tall, cylindrical neck. It is covered overall in an even, speckled dark green glaze that thins to a dark brown at the rim and the foot.
12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.) high

Provenance

The Property of a Lady; Sotheby's London, 9 December 1969, lot 209.

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Lot Essay

A similar vase, of slightly larger size, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and is illustrated by R. Kerr in Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1985, pl. 25. Another is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, London, vol. 2, London, 1994, no. 936.

See, also, the related vase sold in our London rooms, 12 May 2009, lot 158.

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