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A TEADUST-GLAZED HU-FORM VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The pear-shaped vase tapers to a waisted neck that
is flanked by two elephant-head handles suspending
fixed rings, and is covered overall with a glaze of
mottled, olive-green color, the foot is covered with a
dark brown wash.
13æ in. (34.9 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

$100,000-150,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Kyoto, Japan, acquired in 1910-20
and thence by descent within the family.
During the Qianlong period, vases of this shape
were made with various monochrome glazes. Some
of the other monochrome glazes include a Ge-type
glaze, as seen on a vase illustrated in Chinese
Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987,
no. 960; a flambéglaze found on two vases sold at
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2279 and 1
June 2011, lot 3716; and a Ru-type glaze on a larger
vase (16 ½ in. high), also sold at Christie's Hong
Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3203. A teadust-glazed vase
of this form and of comparable size (12 1/8 in. high)
was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011,
lot 3708.

清乾隆 茶葉末釉鳩耳尊 六字篆書刻款
來源:
私人珍藏, 京都, 日本, 1910至20年間入藏, 後家族傳承。

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