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A BLUE-GLAZED ALTAR VESSEL AND
COVER, DOU
Impressed Jiaqing seal marks and of the period
The vessel moulded in shallow relief with bands
of archaistic motifs including overlapping lappets
and ‘C’ curls, the domed cover surmounted by a
double-rope-twist loop handle, both covered inside
and out with a lustrous glaze of vibrant indigo-blue
tone, covering the impressed seal marks inside the
foot and cover. 26cm (10 1/4in) high. (2).

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY70,000 - 110,000
清嘉慶 祭藍釉仿銅器紋豆
「大清嘉慶年製」篆書模款
Just before the Winter Solstice sacrifice that was
scheduled to held in the Temple of Heaven in 1748,
the emperor Qianlong issued an Imperial command
regarding sacrificial vessels. ‘The Altar to Heaven
main offering table dou [vessel] is blue porcelain...
The handle on the top is like a twisted rope.’ This was
the first time that blue porcelain vessels were used
and it became a precedent for these sacrificial rites
for the rest of the Qing dynasty. See For Blessings
and Guidance: The Qianlong Emperor’s Design for
State and Sacrificial Vessels, Hong Kong, 2019, p.75,
where a similar blue-glazed dou, Jiaqing seal marks
and of the period is illustrated, pp.156-157. Compare
with a related blue-glazed dou, Jiaqing seal mark and of
the period, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 22-
23 March 2018, lot 785.

The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
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AN AUBERGINE-GLAZED INCISED
‘DRAGON’ DISH
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Finely potted with shallow rounded sides rising
from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, deftly
incised with two dragons around the cavetto striding
in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the reverse similarly
incised with two dragons chasing a pearl, applied
overall with a brilliant aubergine glaze partly running
over the footring, box. 25cm (9 7/8in) diam. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
清康熙 茄皮紫釉暗刻龍紋盤
青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

Provenance: Jorge Welsh Ltd., London (label)
An English private collection
來源：Jorge Welsh Ltd.，倫敦（標籤）
英國私人收藏

A closely related example is illustrated in Kangxi
Porcelains from the Shanghai Museum Collection,
Hong Kong, 1998, pl.224; another is published in
26 Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection,
Hong Kong, 1987, vol.1, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.144;
and a third dish was included in the exhibition Chinese
Ceramics: The Koger Collection, John and Mable
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1985, no.172,
where it is suggested that this vibrant purplish glaze
was an innovation of the late Kangxi period.

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