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A RARE TURQUOISE-ENAMELED SLIP-
DECORATED VESSEL
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
of compressed double-gourd form raised on four low
ruyi-shaped feet, decorated in white slip relief around the
upper and lower section with detached formalized lotus
blossoms divided by scrolling leafy ß orets at the waist all on
a turquoise ground, the base inscribed in iron red with a six-
character seal mark reserved in a white square, the rim gilt
Width 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm
Vessels of this shape are extremely rare, however a coral-
ground gilt-decorated vessel of a very similar form and size,
attributed to the Qianlong period, sold at Christie’s New
York, 26th March 2003, lot 271. Compare a Jiaqing triple-
gourd vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated
in Liu Lian-yu, Ch’ing O! cial and Popular wares, Taipei,
1991, p. 252 (top left); a globular vase from the Weishaupt
Collection, included in the exhibition From The Dragon’s
Treasure, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1987, cat.
359 no. 17; a lobed washer sold in these rooms, 23rd October
2005, lot 538; and a bottle vase from the Alfred Morrison
Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 9th November 2004,
lot 54.
$ 8,000-12,000
㶭▱ㄞġġġ㜦䞛䵈慱➮䘥咖䲳☐
˪⣏㶭▱ㄞ⸜墥˫㫦

360

AN INCISED CELADON-GLAZED BALUSTER
VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the slender, elongated body carved with peony stems
laden with large blossoms against a dense foliate ground all
between incised chevron bands at the foot and shoulder, the
neck incised with upright plantain leaves, covered overall
with a seafoam-green glaze pooling in the recesses, the rim
and base white-glazed
Height 17½ in., 44.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Michael B. Weisbrod, New York.
$ 6,000-8,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺慱⇣丷㝅䈉ᷡ䲳䒞
Ը๕
360
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