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PROPERTY FROM THE LIANG FAMILY COLLECTION 清乾隆 仿汝釉三連葫蘆瓶
A FINE RU-TYPE TRIPLE-NECK DOUBLE- 《大清乾隆年製》款
GOURD VASE
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 來源：
梁敦彦 (1857-1924) 收藏，此後家族傳承
formed in three lobes set over a low conforming foot, the
globular trefoil lower bulb of generous proportions and
constricting to a narrow waist before swelling again to form
a slender trefoil upper bulb rising into three distinct spouts,
each spout tapering toward the mouth, covered overall in a
vitreous pale blue-green glaze suffused with craquelure, the
foot rim dressed in dark brown, the base with a six-character
seal mark in underglaze blue, fitted rosewood stand (2)
Height 7⅞ in., 19.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Liang Dunyan (1857–1924), and thence by
descent.
The shape and color of the present vase are inspired by
Song dynasty celadon-glazed wares. A deep admirer of
antiquity, the Qianlong Emperor further developed the form
and several examples of the present type have survived in
public and private collections. Museum collections include
one in the Palace Museum, Beijing (coll. no. 故00160462-
6/48) illustrated in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding
[Appraisal of Ming and Qing Porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993,
pl. 446; one in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San
Francisco (obj. no. B60P2292) illustrated in He Li, Chinese
Ceramics. A New Standard Guide, London, 1996, pl. 521; and
one in the Baur Collection, Geneva published in John Ayers,
Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva,
1972, pl. A337.
Examples sold at auction include two sold in our London
rooms, 26th April 1966, lot 163 and 164; and a third sold
in the same rooms, 27th November 1973, lot 358. Several
further vases of this type have sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
including: a Ru-type vase sold 30th April 1996, lot 395; a
Guan-type example from the Meiyintang Collection sold 7th
June 2011, lot 34; a Ru-type vase sold 8th April 2013, lot
3033; and another sold 5th October 2016, lot 3646.
$ 80,000-120,000

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