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A BLUE-GLAZED MOULDED VASE
QIANLONG UNDERGLAZE BLUE SIX-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

清乾隆 藍秞團龍紋瓶 六字篆書款

The vase is decorated with two archaistic panels of four stylised
dragons each. The shoulder is moulded with a pair of simulated
loop handles suspended by a butterfy. The faring neck and foot are
moulded with stylised scrolls and ruyi heads. The decorations are
highlighted in dark blue enamels bordered by a moulded white line
reserved on a faintly crackled pale blue ground.

16¡ in. (41.5 cm.) high

£5,000-8,000 $7,600-12,000
€6,800-11,000

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED CENSER
18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀初 窯變釉雙耳爐

The censer is formed with a globular body and is applied with two
animal-head handles. It is covered in a rich purplish-red fambé glaze,
thinning to beige at the handles and rims.

10Ω in. (26.7 cm) diam., wood stand

£2,500-4,000 $3,800-6,100
€3,400-5,400

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