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A DOUCAI ‘LOTUS POND’ BOWL A BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD VASE, HU
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the deep rounded sides rising from a recessed base to a
slightly everted rim, finely painted and enamelled around of archaistic fanghu form, the hexagonal body rising from a
the exterior with three pairs of mandarin ducks flying and splayed foot to a waisted neck, flanked by a pair of tubular
swimming in a lotus pond, all below an underglaze blue band lug handles, the exterior finely painted in rich cobalt-blue
of dragons chasing flaming pearls, the interior with a medallion with composite lotus and peony scrolls wreathed by feathery
enclosing a similar pair of ducks in a lotus pond and encircled foliage, similarly decorated around the angled shoulders and
at the rim by a band of lança characters, the base inscribed handles, the neck encircled with a band of crested waves, all
with the seal mark in underglaze blue between a keyfret band at the rim and stylised florets at the
16.5 cm, 6½ in.
foot, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blue
£ 20,000-30,000 46.5 cm, 18¼ in.
HK$ 203,000-304,000 US$ 25,900-38,800 This large vase, densely decorated with Ming-style composite
flower scrolls, belongs to a group of vessels that is inspired
清乾隆 鬥彩荷塘鴛鴦紋臥足盌 by celebrated traditions while being firmly rooted in the
《大清年乾隆年》製 modernity of the eighteenth century. Compare a closely
related example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
included in the Museum’s Special Exhibition of K’ang-Hsi,
Yung-Cheng and Ch’ien-Lung Porcelain Ware From The Ch’ing
Dynasty, 1986, cat. no. 68; one in the Capital Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Gems of the Official Kilns, Taipei, 1993, pl. 84; and
a third example in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, published
in Treasures In The Royalty. The Official Kiln Porcelain of The
Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 238. Further vases
include two sold in our Hong Kong rooms, the first, from the T.
Y. Chao collection, 24th November 1987, lot 75 and again, 1st
Mark November 1999, lot 386, and the other, 8th October 2008, lot
2567; one sold in these rooms, 10th June 1986, lot 277; and
another sold at Christie’s New York, 30th May 1991, lot 324.
£ 30,000-50,000
HK$ 304,000-510,000 US$ 38,800-65,000

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