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A rare flambé-glazed bottle vase
Impressed Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The globular body rising to a flaring neck, covered in a rich mottled
glaze of purple, crimson, blue and lavender tone, thinning at the mouth
to a creamy beige.
38cm high (15 3/8in)

£10,000 - 15,000 CNY99,000 - 150,000
HK$130,000 - 190,000

清乾隆 窯變釉賞瓶 「大清乾隆年製」篆書模款

Provenance 來源: Desmond R.Laurence Collection
S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label)
Roy Davids Collection, no.84, acquired on 15 November 2010

The flambé glaze of the present lot is inspired by the Jun glazes of
the Song dynasty, with attractively irregular bluish splashes where the
copper red colour has drained away. A very similar vase, Qianlong
seal mark and period, is illustrated by R.Krahl in Chinese Ceramics
from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), Hong Kong, 2010,
no.1812, pp.366-367. A related flambé vase from the Salting Bequest
at the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R.Kerr in Chinese
Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986,
no.3, pp.20-21.

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