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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 清乾隆 青花折枝花果紋六方瓶
HEXAGONAL VASE 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF
QIANLONG
sturdily potted of hexagonal section, the baluster
body supported on a splayed foot, set with a
waisted trumpet neck of conforming section,
the sides well painted in brilliant tones of cobalt
blue with simulated ‘heaping and piling’ with
boughs of pomegranate, peach and persimmon
alternating with flowering branches, decorated
with spandrels painted as spiky lotus scrolls,
springing from linked trefoils encircling the foot
and pendent ruyi border around the shoulder,
the neck and foot similarly painted with floral
sprays divided by matching spandrels, the base
inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character
seal mark
65 cm, 25⅝ in.
HK$ 6,000,000-8,000,000
US$ 770,000-1,030,000
Mark SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
84
