YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE PAIR OF VERY RARE SMALL INCISED WHITE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each vase is exquisitely potted with the slim cylindrical neck tapering to the angled shoulder, incised to the body with a dragon in profile amidst meandering scrolls, and the neck with flame scrolls. They are covered overall with a soft white glaze.
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high, wood stands (2)

Provenance

Millicent Rogers (1902-1953) and thence by descent to the present owner

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Lot Essay

A pair of vases, very possibly the same vases in the present lot, was illustrated in The J. Insley Blair Collection of Chinese Porcelain, New York, 1925, pl. 1.

Compare an identical vase of almost the same size in the Baur Collection, illustrated by John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, no. 302.

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