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    FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

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    18 September 2003

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    • A FINE LARGE BLACKISH-BLUE-GLA
    Lot 352 | THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN  Read more

    A FINE LARGE BLACKISH-BLUE-GLAZED GLOBULAR BOTTLE VASE

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

    Price realised

    USD 47,800

    Estimate

    USD 50,000 - USD 70,000

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    A FINE LARGE BLACKISH-BLUE-GLAZED GLOBULAR BOTTLE VASE
    Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)
    The very well-potted body of spherical shape with a tall, broad cylindrical neck, the exterior covered with an unusual blackish-blue glaze thinning slightly at the rim and stopping neatly above the foot
    20 1/8in. (51cm.) high

    Provenance

    Christie's, New York, September 1997, lot 377.

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    Lot Essay

    Similar vases have been sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 803; 29 September 1992, lot 552; and 31 October 1994, lot 642. Another was sold in these rooms, 3 December 1992, lot 310.

    Compare, also, the large blue bottle vase in the Hong Kong Museum of Art included in the exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong, 1984-85, no. 85.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

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