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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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                                                                                                                                 A CAFÉ-AU-LAIT-GLAZED BOWL
                                                                                                                                 QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
                                                                                                                                 UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
                                                                                                                                 (1736-1795)
                                                                                                                                 The bowl with everted mouth rim is covered inside
                                                                                                                                 and out with an even glaze of beigish-russet color.
                                                                                                                                 7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam.

                                                                                                                                 $20,000-30,000
                                                                                                                                 The shape of this bowl, with single bow-string
                                                                                                                                 band and wide, everted rim, is unusual to find
                                                                                                                                 with this glaze. An example of the more common
                                                                                                                                 shape of Qianlong-period, café-au-lait-glazed
                                                                                                                                 bowls, with slightly flared rim and double bow-
                                                                                                                                 string band on the exterior, was sold at Christie’s
                                                                                                                                 New York, 29 March 2006, lot 459.

                                                                                                                                 女史珍藏
                                                                                                                                 清乾隆 醬釉盌 六字篆書款

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          THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
          ⱷ1000                                                                                                                  AN UNUSUAL CARVED CELADON-
                                                                                                                                 GLAZED CARVED PEAR-SHAPED VASE,
          A CAFÉ-AU-LAIT-GLAZED DISH                          It is unusual to find a dish of this type with a Qianlong mark, but a pair in the   YUHUCHUNPING
          QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE   Zhuyetang Collection is illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes   18TH CENTURY
          AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)                       of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p.
          The shallow, rounded sides rise from a low foot to the slightly flared rim and are   230, no. 153. See, also, the two dishes of the same size sold at Christie's New   Imitating Longquan celadon, the swelling body
          encircled by a double bow-string band. The dish is covered inside and out with   York, 29 March 2006, lot 459 and 19 September 2006, lot 380.  is finely carved with a broad band of leafy, peony
          a slightly iridescent glaze of reddish-brown color, and the base is white.  For a Kangxi precursor see the dish in the Percival David Foundation,   scroll between borders of ruyi heads above and
                                                                                                                                 upright leaf tips below. The neck and shoulder
          6æ in. (17 cm.) diam.                               illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo,   are encircled by bands of classic scroll, key fret
                                                              1982, no. 233. The eight-character mark on the base of the David dish may   and petal lappets below the trumpet-shaped
          $15,000-25,000                                      be translated, 'made for the Zhonghe Pavilion in the renzi year of Kangxi',   mouth. The vase is covered overall with a glaze
                                                              corresponding to 1672. Yongzheng-marked examples are represented by one   of olive-green color, and the foot and seven 'faux'
          PROVENANCE:                                         illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National   spur marks on the base are covered with a brown
          Christie's New York, 17 September 2015, lot 2167.   Museum, 1953, pl. 389, and another included in the exhibition, Chinese   dressing.
                                                              Antiquities from the Brian S. McElney Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art,
          女史珍藏                                                                                                                   12Ω in. (31.7 cm.) high
                                                              1987, no. 100.
          清乾隆 醬釉盤 六字篆書款                                                                                                          $40,000-60,000
          來源:
          紐約佳士得, 2015年9月17日, 拍品編號2167                                                                                            PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 Christie's New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1361.
                                                                                                                                 This unusual vase is based on Longquan celadon
                                                                                                                                 wares of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, such as
                                                                                                                                 the Yuan dynasty pear-shaped vase with very
                                                                                                                                 similar carved design, illustrated by Zhu Boqian
                                                                                                                                 in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p.
                                                                                                                                 188, no. 161.

                                                                                                                                 女史珍藏
                                                                                                                                 清十八世紀 青釉刻牡丹紋玉壺春瓶
                                                                                                                                 來源:
                                                                                                                                 紐約佳士得, 2013年9月19日, 拍品編號1361


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