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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ZHADOU
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉紋渣斗
《大清乾隆年製》款

well potted with a compressed globular body rising from a
short foot to a wide neck flaring towards the rim, the body and
neck painted with a composite floral scroll below pendent ruyi
heads, all divided by a key-fret band encircling the shoulder,
above overlapping lappets and a classic scroll band around
the foot, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark,
wood stand
h. 8.5 cm, 3⅜ in.

HK$ 250,000-350,000
US$ 31,900-44,600

Another rare Qianlong reign-marked blue and white zhadou
of this size and form was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th
November 2011, lot 2954, and again at Christie’s New York,
17th March 2017, lot 1221.
The form of the zhadou is archaistic, encapsulating the
refined taste of the Qianlong Emperor, who valued works of
art created in imitation of antiquity. A bamboo zhadou vessel
of similar form in the Palace Museum, Beijing was included in
the exhibition Views of Antiquity in the Qing Imperial Palace:
Special Catalogue to Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the
Establishment of the Palace Museum, Macau Museum of
Art, Macau, 2005, cat. no. 131, where it is noted that the form
follows the early Shang prototype.

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