QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE DRAGON' VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is potted with a bulbous body, rising to a tall cylindrical neck with an everted mouth rim delicately shaped as nine lingzhi-heads, supported on a splayed base. The exterior of the neck and body is finely painted in shades of cobalt blue to depict nine dragons surrounded by lingzhi scrolls, separated by a band of ruyi-heads surrounding the shoulder.
14 ? in. (36 cm.) high

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Compare this lot to a Qianlong vase with the same shape and design in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum: Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty II, Hong Kong, 1968, pp. 40-41, pl. 10. Also see a Qianlong mark and period example sold at Christie's London, 11 July 2006, lot 142.

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