A CELADON-GLAZED DRUM-SHAPED VASE

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

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A CELADON-GLAZED DRUM-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made in imitation of a drum, the vase has a flat top encircling the wide mouth, slightly raised bands applied with rows of bosses encircling the upper and lower body, and a pair of molded mask and ring handles on the shoulders. The vase is covered overall, including the countersunk base, with a glaze of pale sea-green color thinning to a paler tone on the raised areas.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, box

Provenance

California private collection; Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 520.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

Lot Essay

A nearly identical vase from the collection of Robert Chang was sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2001, lot 390, and a pair with Qianlong marks is illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1979, pl. 224, nos. 271 and 272. One with a Yongzheng mark was included in the Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, no. 18.

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