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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION
1266
A SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED
VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
The globular body is decorated in white slip
with two roundels, each formed of a descending
bat suspending a chime above a peach spray,
separated by vertical borders comprising tendril
and ruyi heads. The tall cylindrical neck is similarly
decorated with bats above lotus blossoms and
lozenges and fanked by a pair of kui dragon
handles below the upright rim. It is covered overall
in a pale celadon glaze.
14º in. (36 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Chin Hai Wang, acquired in Taiwan
before 1964, and thence by descent within
the family.
清乾隆 豆青釉瀝粉福壽紋螭耳瓶 六字篆書款
(mark)
379
