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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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