Sale 3433
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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3 June 2015
Price realised
HKD 750,000
Estimate
A FINE CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED WATERPOT JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820) The water pot is of flattened hemispherical shape with a short waisted neck and is applied to each side with a small loop handle ending in a ruyi-head terminal. It is covered in an attractive pale blue glaze, thinning to white at the extremities. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1302
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