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PROPERTY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, 1232 1234
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ART ACQUISITIONS FUND A CELADON-GLAZED COMPRESSED
1233 VASE
1232 A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’
AN ARCHAISTIC TURQUOISE-GLAZED BOWLS 18TH-19TH CENTURY
BALUSTER VASE The compressed body is relief-decorated around
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS the sides with three groups of leafy tendrils above
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD a petal band at the foot and below a border of
MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ruyi-heads on the shoulder and upright leaf tips at
Each bowl is decorated with the ‘Eight Buddhist the base of the neck. The base is incised with an
The vase is incised at the shoulder with a band Emblems’ ribbon-tied and arranged in pairs apocryphal Chenghua mark.
of confronted kui dragons on a leiwen ground, between borders of iron-red key fret and upright 10Ω in. (26.2 cm.) high
between pendent taotie mask lappets on the ruyi heads.
body and upright key-fret lappets on the neck, all 4º in. (10.5 cm.) diam. $6,000-8,000
under a bright turquoise glaze that also covers the
interior and the base. $12,000-18,000 PROVENANCE
7º in. (18.5 cm.) high PROVENANCE Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana,
$4,000-6,000 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection. accessioned in 1980.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 清十八/十九世紀 粉青釉刻卷葉紋荸薺瓶
PROVENANCE accessioned in 1980.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection. This decorative pattern was frst seen on
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, Qianlong-period bowls, and reproduced during
accessioned in 1980. successive reigns. A similar pair of Qianlong-
孔雀藍釉仿古夔龍紋瓶 marked ‘bajixiang’ bowls was sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3355.
清乾隆 粉彩八吉祥紋盌一對 六字篆書款
240 1233 (mark)
