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the GILDeD aGe reVIsIteD: propertY From a DIstInGUIsheD Both in subject matter and in form, the present vase is
amerICan CoLLeCtIon inspired by classic ming dynasty prototypes. Qing revivals
A FINE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE of the ming-style aesthetic were popular throughout the
BOTTLE VASE entirety of the dynasty. the present form, with its refined
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD lines and elegant decoration and simulation of the famous
‘heaping and piling’ effect of early ming blue and white wares,
the globular body and tall, waisted neck, finely painted in first appeared during the Qianlong reign and was produced
rich ‘heaped and piled’ cobalt-blue tones with a composite during subsequent periods. there is some variation within
floral scroll band, all between lotus-lappet and classic scroll the form, the main one being the raised fillets encircling the
borders at the foot and a ruyi band and floral scroll divided shoulder, a feature of the present example.
by molded fillets at the shoulder, the neck with keyfret and a closely related example in the nanjing museum, is
still leaves below a collar of waves at the rim, the base with a illustrated in Treasures of the Royalty: The Official Kiln
six-character seal mark in underglaze blue Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, shanghai, 2003, pl.
height 15⅛ in., 38.4 cm 233; one in the shanghai museum is published in Zhongguo
taoci quanji [the complete collection of Chinese ceramics],
PROVENANCE
vol. 15, shanghai, 2000, pl. 2; and four vases are illustrated
marchant & son, London. in regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray
swedish private Collection. Museum, vol. III, London, 1996, pl. 2564, one with an
marchant & son, London. elaborate 19th century ottoman gilt-metal cover. another
vase of this type, from the toguri Collection, was sold in
these rooms, 9th June 2004, lot 5; another was sold in our
London rooms, 10th november 2010, lot 102a; and a third
vase was sold at Christie’s hong Kong, 30th June 2015,
lot 3235, and another recently sold in these rooms, 12th
september 2018, lot 148.
$ 100,000-150,000

清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉紋賞瓶
《大清乾隆年製》款
來源
Marchant & Son，倫敦
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