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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTION
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A BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE, ᪺̗㡳 㤎⩈➂ᗌ⩈ڑ♄Վᑝㆼ⡪૑ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
HU
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QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ჺջ㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
The facetted vase is decorated around the shoulder and body in ᫉೭Ԡ㙁௛ࣿ⡠㱈ංࠛᙻ㫇᫈ង卿ൈ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᝪᐽ㐈
underglaze blue with two bands of composite floral scrolls bearing Ӭ։㫇᫈㿩஠㬪Ɽ⦞៨⸥⡠ݪᙹ೭卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯஇ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ
large blooms below a broad band of wave border, flanked by two ։଍௛ࣿ⡠㱈⏟ऱ⎏Գ㪏㬪Ɽ೭卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶ᳖ᄮ㫇Գल≢⁞ཿǷ卿झ
lug handles decorated with lotus blossoms. The neck and foot are ࢈卿 ჺ卿எ ⽚ǯऔӬ։ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅
decorated with detached florettes, and the mouth with a keyfret ⽚ǯ
chain.
17 ¬ in. (44.7 cm.) high, box
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990s
The form and design of the current vase are inspired by prototypes
from the Yongzheng period, such as a Yongzheng-marked yellow-
ground hexagonal vase decorated with underglaze-blue lotus scrolls,
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2909. A Qianlong
vase of this pattern and form was included in the National Palace
Museum, Taiwan, Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and
Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei, 1986, cat.
no. 68. Another was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2008,
lot 2567.

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