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A FINE AND RARE MOULDED CELADON- 清乾隆 粉青釉番蓮紋唇口罐
GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ JAR
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 《大清乾隆年製》款
robustly potted with an ovoid body rising from a countersunk
base to a short waisted neck and lipped mouth, the exterior
crisply moulded with a dense design of large lotus blooms
rendered in varying forms, each bloom depicted borne on
undulating scrolls issuing curling leaves, all below a band
of ruyi lappets, the neck bordered with a frieze enclosing a
lingzhi scroll, applied overall with an even pale sage-green
glaze transmuting to white on the raised outlines, the base
inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark
32.2 cm, 12⅝ in.
HK$ 1,200,000-1,600,000
US$ 154,000-205,000
Mark
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