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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SANDUO’ ᪺̗㡳 㤎⩈˖૩ᇽᗌ⩈ᗋ♄Վᑝഭ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
HEXAGONAL VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE Ϝᬜ
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
The vase is painted on the facetted sides of the body
in delicate shades of blue with sprays of pomegranate, ᫉ཉ⎏ᆨ߰ࣿ⡠㱈ங㫇᫈ងႡ߅→卿ൈႣ㿰म⧻⧻ワ㱦⻦Ӭ։׾ຽ卿଍
peach and persimmon alternating with branches of peony, ௛Ǯ㵶ᄟࣿ⡠㱈ம⯝ទཉӬ⯎卿ᄓᝧ㫇᫈ჺ᪪卿㖊ᙻ ჺᚚទ߅‸Ƕӽ
chrysanthemum and lotus, all emerging from lingzhi fungi. ⊤㪃┵ݥ㫀 ᳖Ƿ卿✄ ݺ卿㮰 㮰卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ
The trumpet neck of conforming shape further is painted with ⡻●ఉܻ★༈ݤ㪀㉑Ӭཌ⏟ऱ׾ຽ卿ज㇦᫉㯸ה৅ἃⅧ㏟⎏༈ᅡ㪀㉑
six detached composite floral sprays, all bordered by bands of ৅ǯ⪐༾ᚸஙǶᚺ᳖≢଍㦷໸Ƿ᳖ջ㛑ߎԋⶬ㢙ԻӬ։ऱ㯸⎏Գ㪏㬪Ɽ
keyfret and trefoil. ݪᙹཉ卿எ ǯऔӬ։ἃᚚទ៏ྱ⧻ワ㱦Ⅷ⻦卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ ჺ៏ྱ⧻
26 in. (66 cm.) high ワ㱦߅‸Ƕ㱦⻦ែᰑ㪃┵ल৅ 㢙Ƿ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 औӬ׾ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 July 2006, lot 624
A pair of identical vases is displayed in the Chuxiu Gong, ‘Palace of
Assembled Elegance’, in the Forbidden City, indicating that impressive
and elegantly decorated vases of this type were made as display objects
for the Imperial palace.
Vases of this shape and decoration were first made in the Yongzheng
reign. Refer to a Yongzheng-marked example in the collection of Musée
Guimet, Paris, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu - Qing Dynasty, vol.15,
Japan, 1983, p. 149, pl. 150. A Qianlong vase of this pattern is illustrated
in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Qingdai bufen, fig. 146.
Another is included in Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka Museum
of Art, 1975, no. 102.
Compare also to a very similar Qianlong vase, sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 30 April 1991, lot 73, and again at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5
October 2011, lot 1920.

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