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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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         AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE BLUE AND WHITE             ᪺̗㡳   㤎⩈˖૩ᇽᗌ⩈ᗋ♄Վᑝഭ   Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
         ‘SANDUO’ HEXAGONAL VASE
                                                           ϝᬝ
         QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
         AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)                     㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚ卿ᐽ৅   ⽚
         The vase is painted on the facetted sides of the body in delicate   㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚ卿ᐽ৅    "⽚
         shades of blue with sprays of pomegranate, peach and persimmon   ᫉ཉ㵲௛┣ഌ卿⎉ⰰⰴ㿃卿㙁႙㇧ᙃ卿ἃऱ㯸଍ԋԠׯׯ⩢ǯ
         alternating with branches of peony, chrysanthemum and lotus, all
                                                           ⡻●ఉܻ★༈ݤ㪀㉑Ӭཌ⏟ऱ׾ຽ卿ज㇦᫉㯸ה৅ἃⅧ㏟⎏༈
         emerging from lingzhi fungi. The trumpet neck of conforming
                                                           ᅡ㪀㉑৅ǯ
         shape further is painted with six detached composite floral sprays,
         all bordered by bands of keyfret and trefoil.     ᫉ཉ⎏ᆨ߰ࣿ⡠㱈ங㫇᫈ងႡ߅→卿ൈႣ㿰म⧻⧻ワ㱦⻦Ӭ։
         26 º in. (66.7 cm.) high
                                                           ׾ຽ卿଍௛Ǯ㵶ᄟࣿ⡠㱈ம⯝ទཉӬ⯎卿ᄓᝧ㫇᫈ჺ᪪卿㖊ᙻ
         HK$6,000,000-8,000,000       US$770,000-1,000,000      ჺᚚទ߅‸Ƕӽ⊤㪃┵ݥ㫀   ᳖Ƿ卿✄  ݺ卿㮰   㮰卿
                                                           எ‸   ⽚ǯ
         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 April 1998, lot 724  ⪐༾ᚸஙǶᚺ᳖≢଍㦷໸Ƿ᳖ջ㛑ߎԋⶬ㢙ԻӬ։ऱ㯸⎏Գ㪏
         Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1461A  㬪Ɽݪᙹཉ卿எ   ǯऔӬ։ἃᚚទ៏ྱ⧻ワ㱦Ⅷ⻦卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ
                                                               ჺ៏ྱ⧻ワ㱦߅‸Ƕ㱦⻦ែᰑ㪃┵ल৅⚛㢙Ƿ卿எ‸
         The current vase is particularly well painted and superbly
         potted amongst vases of this type. A comparable pair is   ⽚ǯ
         displayed in the Chuxiu Gong, ‘Palace of Assembled Elegance’,
         in the Forbidden City, indicating that impressive and elegantly   औӬ׾਑ᙻ    ჺ  ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅    ⽚ǯ
         decorated vases of this type were made as display objects for
         the Imperial palace.
         Vases of this shape and decoration were first made in the
         Yongzheng reign. Refer to a Yongzheng-marked example in
         the collection of Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated in Sekai Toji
         Zenshu - Qing Dynasty, vol.15, Japan, 1983, p. 149, pl. 150.
         A Qianlong vase of this pattern is illustrated in Geng
         Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Qingdai bufen, fig. 146.
         Another is included in Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka
         Museum of Art, 1975, no. 102.
         Compare also to a very similar Qianlong vase, sold at
         Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 April 1991, lot 73, and again at
         Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2011, lot 1920.






















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