DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL DARK TEA-DUST-GLAZED FACETED MALLET VASE
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The vase of square section is applied on one side with a chilong crawling towards the neck, and is covered overall with a slightly textured glaze of dark olive-green color, including the base where it covers the mark.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

A similar, but seemingly unmarked, vase described as having a glaze of tea-dust style and dated to the 18th century, in the Percival David Foundation, is illustrated by S. Pierson and A. Barnes in A Collector's Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor, London, p. 110, no. 96. On the Percival David vase, the chilong crawls from one side of the body up onto the shoulder and neck on two sides.

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