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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN ૶৻ඤ ४ڡཊ᙭ჾЀऎಆόɽଧ
PRIVATE COLLECTION ɽ૶৻ඤϋႡ‘ಛ
A RARE AND LARGE CELADON- Ը๕
GLAZED LOBED BALUSTER-FORM ࠰ಥᘽబˢ1996ϋ11˜5Ї6˚dᇜ໮858
VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD

sturdily potted, of quatrefoil section, resting on
a slightly splayed foot, the elegantly lobed body
sweeping to a waisted neck set to either side with
an archaistic phoenix-form handle of serpentine
openwork form with " nely incised detailing of
feathers, beak, and eyes, and applied overall with
an unctuous celadon-green glaze of a pale sea-
green color pooling to slightly richer tones in the
recesses and around the foot, the base with a
six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue, wood
stand (2)
Height 27 in., 68.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5th-6th November 1996,
lot 858.
$ 300,000-500,000

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