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A RARE WHITE-GLAZED SOFT PASTE
ARCHAISTIC VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the baluster body rising from a recessed
spreading foot to a broad round shoulder anda
tall waisted neck set with a pair of elephant-
head handles, carved and moulded around the
body with a wide band of stylised taotie masks
between keyfret bands, a band of stylised lotus
lappets around the foot, the neck with a band
of stylised archaistic dragons below a ruyi
band around the neck, covered overall with a
crackled ivory-white glaze, the base incised with
a six-character seal mark, wood stand
(2)
24.5 cm, 9¾ in.
Compare a similar vase formerly in the H.O.
Havemeyer Collection, now in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, accession Number
29.100.279.
‡ £ 15,000-20,000
HK$ 154,000-206,000 US$ 19,700-26,200
清乾隆 白釉仿古饕餮紋象耳瓶
《大清乾隆年製》款

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