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           A LARGE BLUE-GLAZED PEAR-
           SHAPED VASE
           YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
           elegantly potted with a pear-shaped body
           sweeping up to a waisted neck and a broad
           everted rim, supported on a splayed foot, richly
           applied on the exterior with a deep vibrant cobalt-
           blue glaze su" used with bubbles, stopping neatly
           at the foot and rim, the interior and the base
           reserved in white, the base with a six-character
           mark in underglaze blue within a double circle
           Height 14¼ in., 36.1 cm
           Relatively few Yongzheng mark and period blue-
           glazed pear-shaped vases of this large size are
           known. Compare one of the same height sold in
           our London rooms, 17th December 1980, lot 664;
           and another at Bonhams London, 6th November
           2014, lot 202.
           A number of smaller vases of this type, around
           11 inches high, including one formerly in the
           collection of the British Rail Pension Fund, sold in
           our Hong Kong rooms, 16th May 1989, lot 52.
           $ 20,000-30,000
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