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A SMALL GILT-DECORATED BLUE-
GLAZED VASE, MEIPING

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
The exterior is covered in a deep, violet-blue glaze
and decorated with a band of foliate lotus scroll
below the shoulder, between upright petals and
key fret at the foot and bands of ruyi-head, key fret
and ruyi-shaped lappets at the neck.
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

There are a number of blue-glazed vases
decorated with gilt in the Palace Museum,
Beijing; see one example also with an underglaze
blue seal mark illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37
- Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, no.
86, and two further examples with iron-red seal
marks, ibid., nos. 75 and 76.
清乾隆 藍釉描金纏枝蓮紋梅瓶 六字篆書款

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