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

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.