Page 18 - Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art II

(mark) PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF TOM
AND RUTH JONES
2159
2159
(mark) A RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-
DECORATED BALUSTER VASE
2160 QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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The tapering body is fnely decorated in
relief with a band of leafy fower scroll
bearing four large blossoms between a band
of narrow chrysanthemum petals below and
a ruyi collar on the rounded shoulder. The
tall neck is decorated on each side with a pair
of confronted archaistic birds between bow-
string borders and repeated on the pair of
tubular handles, all below a ruyi band at the
fared rim. The vase is covered overall with
a glaze of soft sea-green color that thins on
the raised decoration and rims. Together with
ftted 19th century French ormolu mounts.
Vase 13¿ in. (33.3 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Nellie Lisa Bass, Baroness Burton (1873-
1931).
George Evan Michael Baillie, Baron Burton
(1894-1952).
Michael Evan Victor Baillie, Baron Burton
(1924-2013)
Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London, September
1984.

EXHIBITED:

On loan: Birmingham City Art Gallery,
circa 1950-1983.

The pair to the present vase was sold at
Christie’s New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot
2181.

清乾隆 粉青釉刻纏枝花卉紋貫耳瓶
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES

2160
A RARE RELIEF-DECORATED CELADON-
GLAZED BALUSTER VASE
QIANLONG CARVED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK
AND OF THE PERIOD (1735-1796)

The high shouldered jar is decorated in
relief with a multitude of chilong dragons and
phoenix, their sinuous bodies highly stylized
with raised bosses terminating in curled
tendrils. The short slightly fared neck rises
to a lipped rim encircled by a wan emblem
border. The waisted base is decorated
with a further border of overlapping lotus
panels. The glaze is of a rich olive-green
tone pooling in the recesses to highlight the
decoration.
10º in. (26 cm.) high

$7,000-9,000

Vases of this form and decoration are extremely
rare and this appears to be one of only two
known examples. The other example was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1356.

清乾隆 青釉刻龍鳳紋瓶
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