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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS ᪺̗㡳 㤎⩈➂ᗌⰉ♄Վᑝഭ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
SCROLL’ HEXAGONAL VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE Ϝᬜ
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
The vase is sturdily potted and decorated in cobalt blue of
brilliant sapphire tones with two broad lotus scrolls on the neck ᫉ཉ┣ഌ᳾࣡卿⎉ⰰ᳖ՙⰴ㿃卿㞏᭮ݏᷪமࡵ卿଍ᆨ㙁႙㇧ᙃ卿ἃऱ㯸
and body, separated by bands of trefoil, keyfret, classic scroll ଍ԋԠׯׯ⩢ǯ۔ӽ⎏Գ㪏㬪Ɽݪᙹཉ卿അ㱈սᐙ៨Ɽ៧⡠卿ൈទᐽ㐈
and ruyi-heads. The mouth is decorated with pendent blades ᐽ৅ ⽚厎ࣿ⪐༾ᚸஙǶᚺ᳖≢଍㦷໸Ƿ᳖ջ㛑ߎԋⶬ㢙Ӭ׾卿எ
below a keyfret band. The foot is encircled with a lotus lappet ǯទཉ㯝ࣿ⭬㛑ᙃ㵲㱈ս⦞៨⸥⡠卿ᥑἃཐ㇦卿ऱ㯸׾ຽᜮۣ⒖㲞
band above a wave and keyfret border. ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈ݦ։卿㇦ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎ࣿ ჺ
26æ in. (68 cm.) high ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
HK$4,500,000-6,500,000 US$580,000-830,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 November 1996, lot 820
While Qianlong-marked blue and white hexagonal vases are known,
very few examples are decorated with lotus scrolls across the body and
neck like the current vase. Most surviving examples are decorated with
detached sprays of fruits and flowers, such as lot 2918 in this sale, and
the one illustrated in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Qingdai
bufen, fig. 146.
Only very few closely related examples are known, including one sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 3239; and one sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 357.

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