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A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC FOOD VESSEL, DOU
QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND
OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is heavily cast with a broad, cylindrical bowl raised on a spreading It is rare to fnd vessels of this shape in the eighteenth century made of
stem, and is decorated around the exterior with archaistic geometric motifs, bronze. A similar bronze dou was sold at Christie’s London, 18 June 2002,
C-scrolls and undulating bands, the bronze with a dark olive-green patina. lot 107, and a gilt-bronze example was also sold at Christie’s London,
7¿ in. (18 cm.) high 20 September 2011, lot 99. Archaistic dou are more commonly found in
monochrome porcelain, in particular blue glazes, after the emperor Qianlong
$10,000-15,000 decreed in 1748 that the vessels to be used at the Temple of Heaven were to
be of blue porcelain. Margaret Medley illustrates an example of a blue-glazed
version, together with illustrations of similar vessels, in ‘The Illustrated
PROVENANCE Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Ch’ing Dynasty in the
Christie’s Hong Kong, 6 October 2015, lot 183. Victoria and Albert Museum’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society,
vol. 31, 1957-59, pl. 39 a, c and d.
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