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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
1825
A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE HU-FORM VASE A Daoguang-marked blue and white hu-form vase of similar form and
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE decoration was sold Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1991, lot 273, and
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) another, from the estate of Ambassador and Mrs. Walter Howe, was
sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2007, lot 316. See, also,
The tapering ovoid body is decorated with two bands of composite
the similar blue and white hu-form vase of comparable size, but with
floral scroll above a band of waves, and the shoulders are flanked by a
Qianlong mark, in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln
pair of masks in relief, suspending fixed rings.
Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 235; and
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high another Qianlong-marked example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31
May 2017, lot 3201.
$50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE: 清道光 青花纏枝花卉紋舖首尊 六字篆書款
Sotheby's New York, 23 September 1997, lot 281.
The shape of this vase, as well as the bow-string bands and molded
mask handles, are based on ancient bronze hu jars from the Han
dynasty (206 BC – AD 220).
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