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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
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A CELADON-GLAZED BARREL-FORM VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE Compare the present lot with a single jar from the T. Y. Chao collection
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) which was included in the exhibition Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong
The exterior of the drum-form vase is decorated with two bands of bosses and Collection, Hong Kong, 1974, no. 18. A similar example from the Edward T.
a pair of fxed-ring mythical-beast mask handles. It is covered overall with a Chow collection was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot
soft sea-green glaze. The base bears the reign mark which is surrounded by an 96. See also a slightly smaller (16 cm. high) example sold at Christie's New
unglazed ring. York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 1265, and a pair of ormolu-mounted jars sold
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
at Christie's London, 15 May 2018, lot 179.
£20,000-30,000 US$27,000-39,000
€24,000-35,000
清乾隆 豆青釉鋪獸首鼓形罐 六字篆書款
PROVENANCE:
Private English collection, acquired in the 1950s or earlier.
來源: 英國私人珍藏，於1950年代或更早入藏

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