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A SMALL DOUCAI JAR
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tapering body is decorated with a formal design of chrysanthemum
roundels alternating with lotus arabesques, all of the fowers picked out in iron-
red or yellow enamels, arranged in two registers between ruyi borders above
and below.
4¡ in. (11.2 cm.) high, cloth box
$25,000-35,000
(mark)
The design on this jar is a Qing adaptation of a design of medallions of
chrysanthemums and butterfies seen on Chenghua jars, such as the
example from the Qing Court collection illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome
and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong 1999, pl. 166.
Similar Qianlong-marked jars include a pair in the Tianjin Art Museum
illustrated in Chinese Treasures of 5000 Years, Japan, 1985, no. 46; and
another pair illustrated in Min Shin no bijutsu (The Art of Ming and Qing),
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 43, no. 1-192. See, also, the pair
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3209.
清乾隆 鬥彩團菊紋小罐 六字篆書款

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