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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION
A CELADON-GLAZED BARREL-FORM VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A CELADON-GLAZED BARREL-FORM VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ovoid sides are molded with two bands of bosses and a pair of mythical-beast masks, each suspending a mock ring handle, and is covered overall with a soft greyish-green glaze. An unglazed ring surrounds the recessed base inscribed with the reign mark.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ovoid sides are molded with two bands of bosses and a pair of mythical-beast masks, each suspending a mock ring handle, and is covered overall with a soft greyish-green glaze. An unglazed ring surrounds the recessed base inscribed with the reign mark.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Chin Hai Wang, acquired in Taiwan before 1964, and thence by descent within the family.