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A RARE PAIR OF MOULDED WHITE-GLAZED TRIPOD VESSELS, Compare a white-glazed jue from the Qianlong period sold at Christie’s Hong
JUE Kong, 28 April 1996, lot 718. A Jiaqing-period jue with a similar design was
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4153.
PERIOD (1736-1795)
Crafted of archaic bronze form with two mushroom-capped supports, the White-glazed porcelain for sacrifcal ceremonies was recorded to have
sides are moulded in relief with a band of stylised archaistic design on a leiwen been commissioned as early as the Hongwu emperor (1368-1398). A white
ground. The vessel is raised on three spreading square feet, the base has three porcelain jue was excavated from the site of the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen
small spur-marks surrounding the reign mark. in 1982 from the early Yongle (1403-1425) strata and included in the
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated
(2) from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, and illustrated in the
Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 116.
£10,000-15,000 $14,000-20,000
€12,000-17,000
清乾隆 白釉仿古紋爵一對 六字篆書刻款

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