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A CELADON-GLAZED OVOID JAR, YUEYA ER GUAN
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-
1795)
The tapering body is carved on two sides with a pair of fat crescent-shaped handles, and is covered overall
with a glaze of pale blue-green color.
7º in. (18.5 cm.) high

$15,000-20,000
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Paris, 14 June 2006, lot 362.
The Studio of the Clear Garden. (mark)

Jars of this form with a cover are sometimes called ri yue quan (‘sun and moon jar’), or yueya er guan (‘jar
with crescent moon handles’). Very similar jars include one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics
from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. II, p. 211, no. 866; one identifed specifcally as a
tea caddy in Empty Vessels, Replenished Minds: The Culture, Practise, and Art of Tea, National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 2002, p. 178, no. 156; and another in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng,
and Qianlong Reigns, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, no. 68. See, also, the
example sold at Christie’s London, 8 November 2011, lot 323.
清乾隆 粉青釉月芽罐 六字篆書款

(another view)

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