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A FINE AND RARE LARGE BLUE-GLAZED
DRAGON-HANDLED VASE, HU
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
The vase is sturdily potted with a full, pear-shaped
body fanked by a pair of stylized dragon handles
on the shoulder. The exterior is covered with an
even, dark sapphire-blue glaze, and the interior
and base are covered with a clear glaze.
18 Ω in. (47 cm.) high
$200,000-300,000

Qianlong vases of this size and form are usually
decorated in the famille rose palette with the
classic ‘Hundred Deer’ motif, such as the one in
the the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel
Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong
Kong, 1999, pp. 98-99, pl. 85. There are also
other examples in various glaze colors and blue
and white, including a Ru-type glazed example
(36 cm.) with slightly diferent dragon handles in
the Huaihaitang Collection, illustrated in Ethereal
Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing,
The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007,
pl. 25; a white-glazed example (45 cm.) sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 October 2001, lot 835;
and a blue and white example decorated with
scrolling lotus (45.7 cm.), sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 24 November 1987, lot 74.
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