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AN UNUSUAL SMALL DARK TEA-DUST-
GLAZED FACETED MALLET VASE
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL
MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The vase of square section is applied on one
side with a chilong crawling towards the neck,
and is covered overall with a slightly textured
glaze of dark olive-green color, including
the base where it covers the mark.
6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

A similar, but seemingly unmarked, vase
described as having a glaze of tea-dust style and
dated to the 18th century, in the Percival David
Foundation, is illustrated by S. Pierson and A.
Barnes in A Collector’s Vision: Ceramics for the
Qianlong Emperor, London, p. 110, no. 96. On
the Percival David vase, the chilong crawls from
one side of the body up onto the shoulder and
neck on two sides.

清道光 茶葉末釉堆塑螭龍方瓶
四字篆書刻款

2202 2202 (mark)

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