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VARIOUS PROPERTIES 2167
2166 A CAFÉ-AU-LAIT-GLAZED DISH
A GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE
18TH CENTURY PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bulbous body rises to a broad neck with fared mouth and has a The shallow, rounded sides rise from a low foot to the slightly
pair of molded mask and loop handles on the shoulders. The whole fared rim and are encircled by a double bow-string band. The dish
is covered with a pale blue-grey glaze suffused with wide dark grey is covered inside and out with a slightly iridescent glaze of reddish-
crackle, in imitation of a Guan glaze. brown color, and the base is white.
6º in. (16 cm.) high 6æ in. (17.1 cm.) diam., box
$15,000-20,000 $12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE: 清乾隆 醬釉弦紋盤 六字篆書款
E. T. Hall (1924-2001) Collection, no. 190.
The E.T. Hall Collection of Chinese Monochrome Porcelains;
Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 177 (part).
清十八世紀 仿官釉鋪首銜環耳尊
