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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
2919

A FINE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MING-
STYLE’ BOTTLE VASE

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The globular body is decorated with a band of
composite floral scrolls above stylised lappets, all below
a band of ruyi-heads and a further floral band to the
shoulder. The neck is decorated with stiff leaves below a
band of crashing waves enclosing the mouth rim.
14æ in. (37.5 cm.) high
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000
US$160,000-230,000
PROVENANCE
The Y.C. Chen (1932-2012) Collection
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1999
Four vases of this pattern are illustrated by J. Ayers and
R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum,
Istanbul, vol. III, London, 1986, p. 1105, no. 2564; where
they have been fitted with metal mounts to suit Ottoman
use. Other examples include one illustrated in Qingdai Ciqi
Shangjian, Hong Kong, 1994, pl. 165; one from the Shanghai
Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Quanji, part 2, vol. 15,
Shanghai, 2000, pl. 2; and one from the Toguri collection,
sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 5.

清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮紋賞瓶 六字篆書款
來源
陳玉階（1932-2012）舊藏
香港佳士得，2010 年 5 月 31 日，拍品 1999 號

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