A SMALL GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING

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

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A SMALL GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The exterior is covered in a deep, violet-blue glaze and decorated with a band of foliate lotus scroll below the shoulder, between upright petals and key fret at the foot and bands of ruyi-head, key fret and ruyi-shaped lappets at the neck.
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high

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There are a number of blue-glazed vases decorated with gilt in the Palace Museum, Beijing; see one example also with an underglaze blue seal mark illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 86, and two further examples with iron-red seal marks, ibid., nos. 75 and 76.

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