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A RARE TEADUST-GLAZED OVOID VASE 㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ勞叱㛓慱䒞
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
of tapering ovoid form, the rounded sides
Ը๕
broadening to a sloping shoulder before ArvidġRutgerġFredrikssonġPosseġỗ䇝ġĩ1820Į
sweeping to a waisted neck and ß aring rim,
covered overall in a Þ nely speckled olive- 1901Īġ㓞啷炻䐆℠
colored glaze, the footring dressed in dark
brown, the base carved with a six-character
seal mark coated in a burnt-to" ee-toned glaze
Height 10⅝ in., 27 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson
Posse (1820-1901), Sweden.
A closely related vase sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1802; and an example
from the collection of Ella Ja" e sold at Parke-
Bernet New York, 20th-21st November 1973,
lot 542.
Count Posse was the Prime Minister of Sweden
from 1880-1883. This vase was reputedly gifted
to his granddaughter, Amelie Posse-Brázdová
(1884-1957), as a christening gift.
$ 40,000-60,000
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