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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK CITY COLLECTOR
871
A CELADON GLAZED DRUM-FORM JAR
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Of cylindrical form bulging at the middle, the circular mouth surrounded
by a broad overhanging lip, the top and base each encircled with a
raised band decorated with a row of raised bosses, the sides set with
a pair of opposing monster mask and mock ring handles, covered
overall with a soft blue-green glaze thinning to white over the raised
decoration, the glaze wiped to leave an unglazed ring encircling the
countersunk base centered with the underglaze-blue six-character seal
mark.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
$15,000 - 20,000
清乾隆 粉青釉鼓式罐 《大清乾隆年製》款
Provenance:
A German private collection
來源:
德國收藏
A similar pair was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot
3307, and a similar single jar was sold Christie’s New York, 22 March
2018, lot 605. Another mark and period Qianlong pair is illustrated
in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia,
Singapore, 1979, pl. 224, nos. 271-272.
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