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A BLUE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the pear-shaped body supported on a straight
foot and tapering to a straight neck, covered
overall in a rich, even indigo-colored glaze, the
interior and base white, the base with a six-
character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 12⅞ in., 32.7 cm

PROVENANCE
New York Private Collection.
Imperial kilns during the Qianlong emperor’s
reign (1736-1795) produced dark-blue-glazed
vases in a number of shapes. The present form
with the straight foot and teardrop-shaped
body rising to a subtly tapered cylindrical neck
is among the less common forms manufactured
during that period. A closely-related vase,
though slightly shorter, sold at Christie’s New
York, 24th March 2011, lot 1740; another,
though taller than the present example, sold in
our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2013, lot
3058; a third sold in our London rooms, 9th
November 2016, lot 178.

$ 30,000-50,000
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˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
䲸䲬䥩Ṣ㓞啷

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