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    Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late

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    7 June 2004

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    • A RARE SOFT-PASTE VASE
    Lot 39

    A RARE SOFT-PASTE VASE

    IMPRESSED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

    Price realised

    GBP 7,170

    Estimate

    GBP 3,500 - GBP 4,500

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    A RARE SOFT-PASTE VASE
    IMPRESSED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
    Thinly potted with rounded sides rising from a high splayed foot to sharp shoulders and a slender neck flaring to an upturned mouth, crisply moulded around the neck with a dense scrolling foliage, above a band of key pattern around the neck and lotus petals around the base, covered overall in a widely-crackled transparent glaze stopping neatly above the foot rim
    6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

    Provenance

    E. T. Hall Collection, no. 152

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    Lot Essay

    Compare a larger example, with slightly different shape and design, from the Robert Chang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 802.

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