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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR
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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE HU-FORM VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is vividly painted with a lotus scroll band and a composite floral scroll, above cresting
waves and below overlapping stylised plantain leaves around the waisted neck, all divided by
raised double-moulded line borders. The shoulder is set with a pair of integral animal-mask ring
handles in relief, the spreading foot encircled by stiff lappets, and the mouth rim with a narrow
band of waves.
9 √ in. (25 cm.) high, box
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000
Compare to a nearly identical Qianlong vase in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln
Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 235 and another example in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum: Blue-and-White Ware of
the Ch’ing Dynasty, CAFA, Book II, 1968, pl. 2.
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