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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase, of elegant shape, is fnely decorated around the bulbous body with a wide band of archaistic
dragon scroll set between a petal-lappet band below and on the shoulder above by a band of overlapping
petals enclosing ruyi heads and a narrow key-fret-bordered band of confronted archaistic dragons. The
tall, slightly waisted neck is encircled at the base by a wide band of overlapping upright leaves and at the
top with bands of pendent ruyi, circles and further confronted archaistic dragons where the neck fares
towards the rim. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of soft sea-green color that thins to a paler tone
on the raised decoration.
15æ in. (40 cm.) high

$800,000-1,200,000

PROVENANCE
John Sparks, London (according to label).
Acquired by the current owner in the 1960s.
清乾隆 粉青釉刻拐子龍紋賞瓶 六字篆書款

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