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ANOTHER PROPERTY PROPERTY FROM THE STUDIO OF THE CLEAR GARDEN
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A CELADON-GLAZED BARREL-FORM JAR A RARE TEADUST-GLAZED FACETED VASE, HU
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of ovoid form, with a flat rim encircling the mouth, the sides are applied The vase of hexagonal shape has a pair of rounded tubular
with two rows of small bosses and a pair of molded mask-and-ring handles flanking the neck and is applied overall with a finely
handles. The exterior is covered overall with a glaze of pale sea-green textured matte glaze of even, dark olive-green color that also
tone thinning to a paler color on the raised areas, and the countersunk covers the base surrounding the mark which is covered with
base is similarly glazed. a brownish glaze, and the foot is covered with a dark brown
wash.
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high
13æ in. (35 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
$70,000-90,000
清道光 豆青釉鼓釘罐 六字篆書款 PROVENANCE:
Christie's London, 22 July 2006, lot 141.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

A similar vase was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society
exhibition, Iron in the Fire, Ashmolean Museum, 1988,
no. 89, and on the front cover. Another from the W. W.
Winkworth Collection was sold at Sotheby's London, 12
December 1972, lot 130. A larger teadust-glazed vase of
this shape is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no. 965. See, also, a very similar
example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, One Man's Vision:
Important Chinese Art from the Manno Art Museum, 28
October 2002, lot 560.
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清乾隆 茶葉末釉六方貫耳瓶 六字篆書刻款