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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
清乾隆 釉裏紅撇口荸薺瓶
A COPPER-RED GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
superbly potted with an exaggerated pear-shaped body 來源：
rising from a splayed foot to a subtle horizontal fillet around 倫敦佳士得1981年12月16日，編號68
the shoulder, sweeping up to a tall cylindrical neck flaring
towards the rim, applied to the exterior with a translucent
copper-red glaze of rich crushed strawberry tone suffused
with a network of fine crackle, thinning to a rosy-pink colour
just below the rim and darkening to a liver-red tone as
it pools around the foot, the interior and base left white,
inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue
22.5 cm, 8⅞ in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 16th December 1981, lot 68.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000

It is rare to find a copper-red vase of this attractive
compressed form. Another example from the Park Mc
Cullough house association was sold at Christie’s New York,
22nd March 2007, lot 412.

Mark

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