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A FINE CELADON-GLAZED ANHUA- A FINE LARGE TEADUST-GLAZED ‘LANTERN’
DECORATED ‘BIRTHDAY’ DISH VASE

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE (1723-1735)
The vase is sturdily potted with a columnar body supported on a
The finely potted dish with shallow rounded sides is covered low spreading foot, tapering gently at the shoulder and rising to a
overall with a pale celadon glaze. The interior is finely incised straight neck, covered overall with an even finely speckled glaze of
with a central shou medallion surrounded by two large stylised deep olive tone, the foot applied with a brown dressing.
bats enclosed within a double circle. The cavetto is decorated with 18 ¡ in. (46.6 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, stand
five cloud scrolls. The exterior is further decorated with a band of
flying bats amidst ruyi-shaped clouds. HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000
8 º in. (21 cm.) diam., box
The Japanese wood box is accompanied with an inscription on paper
HK$300,000-500,000 US$29,000-65,000 to read ‘A teadust-glazed vase, formerly in the collection of Sekino.’
Sekino could possibly be identified as Tadashi Sekino (1868 - 1935),
PROVENANCE a professor of history of architecture in Tokyo University, who went to
China in 1906 to study Chinese ancient architecture.
Edward T. Chow Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot 97 PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2009, lot 273
Sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 674

ṯ䃙ᷳ冲啷 㬌⮲ᷳ⍇墅㖍㛔㛐䙺惵㚱⮩㡅炻ᶲ㚠ˬ哶湍剙䒞炻冲敊慶㮷
楁㷗喯⭴㭼炻1980⸜11㚰25㖍炻 啷˭ˤˬ敊慶㮷˭㚱⎗傥䁢㜙Ṕ⣏⬠⺢䭱⎚䲣㔁㌰敊慶屆
㉵⑩97嘇 炷1868 – 1935炸炻℞㚦㕤1906⸜崜厗䞼䨞ᷕ⚳⎌⺢䭱ˤ
䲸䲬喯⭴㭼炻2009⸜9㚰16㖍炻
㉵⑩273嘇 䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿炻2008⸜3㚰19㖍炻㉵⑩674嘇

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