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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED AND
FAMILLE-ROSE ‘LINGZHI’ WASHER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD
naturalistically modeled with two large conjoined
lingzhi heads forming the washer, each rendered
with undulating edges simulating the rough
textures of the fungus, borne on curled stems
issuing further lingzhi, the underside interspersed
with tiny spur marks delicately concealed by
small ! orets in gilt
Width 7⅝ in., 19.3 cm
PROVENANCE
English Private Collection, acquired in the 1950s.
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 14th November 2012,
lot 191.
See a closely related celadon-glazed washer,
without the famille-rose enamels, in the National
Museum of China, published in Zhongguo
guojiabowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu:
ciqi juan qingdai [Studies of the collections of
the National Museum of China: Qing dynasty
ceramics], Shanghai, 2007, pl. 117.
695
$ 6,000-8,000
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A CELADON-GLAZED OVOID JAR
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD
the gently rounded sides swelling to a short
neck, and tapering to a short, tapered foot, the
body molded in low relief to each side below the
shoulders with a reversed C-shaped mock handle,
covered overall with an opaque sea-foam green
glaze, the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue
Height 7½ in., 19.2 cm

$ 10,000-15,000
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