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

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A BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE, HU
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The facetted vase is decorated around the shoulder and body in underglaze blue with two bands of composite floral scrolls bearing large blooms below a broad band of wave border, flanked by two lug handles decorated with lotus blossoms. The neck and foot are decorated with detached florettes, and the mouth with a keyfret chain.
17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990s

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Lot Essay

The form and design of the current vase are inspired by prototypes from the Yongzheng period, such as a Yongzheng-marked yellow-ground hexagonal vase decorated with underglaze-blue lotus scrolls, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2909. A Qianlong vase of this pattern and form was included in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 68. Another was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2008, lot 2567.

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