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PROPERTY OF A LADY
         女史珍藏
         2915

         A FINE BLUE AND WHITE HU-FORM VASE
         QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
         OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
         The vase is vividly painted with a lotus scroll band and a composite
         floral scroll, above cresting waves and below overlapping stylised
         plantain leaves around the waisted neck, all divided by raised double-
         moulded line borders. The shoulder is set with a pair of integral
         animal-mask ring handles in relief, the spreading foot encircled by stiff
         lappets, and the mouth rim with a narrow band of waves.
         9√ in. (25 cm.) high, box
         HK$1,500,000-2,000,000           US$200,000-260,000

         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3201
         Compare to a nearly identical Qianlong vase in the Nanjing Museum,
         illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty,
         Shanghai, 2003, p. 235 and another example in the National Palace
         Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum,
         Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, CAFA, Book II, 1968, pl. 2.


         清乾隆   青花纏枝花卉紋鋪首耳壺   六字篆書款
         來源
         香港佳士得,2017 年 5 月 31 日,拍品 3201 號




























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