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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 531

AN EXCEPTI ONALLY RARE RU-TYPE CONJOINED DOUBLE -VASE, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
PE RIOD
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE RU-TYPE CONJOINED DOUBLE-VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
清乾隆 仿汝釉雙聯瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

formed of two adjoined baluster vases, each with a broad swelling shoulder rising from a splayed foot to a contracted neck
and galleried rim, applied overall with an unctuous caesious-colored glaze suffused with a fine crackle, the knife-pared foot and
mouth rim applied with a brown wash, the base with the six-character seal mark inscribed in a horizontal line in underglaze blue

Height 7¼ in., 18.4 cm

Provenance
Collection of Ian Thomas (1929-1993) LVO.
English Private Collection.

來源
Ian Thomas (1929-1993) LVO 收藏
英國私人收藏

Catalogue Note
Conjoined vases, incorporating sections of two or more shapes to create a single vessel, were among the most technical
challenging wares produced by the imperial kilns during the Qianlong period. The double-vase form is mostly commonly

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