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A BLUE AND WHITE HU-FORM VASE

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The vase is vividly painted with a lotus scroll band
and a composite floral scroll, above cresting waves
and below overlapping stylised plantain leaves around
the waisted neck, all divided by raised double-
moulded line borders. The shoulder is set with a
pair of integral animal-mask ring handles in relief,
the spreading foot encircled by stiff lappets, and the
mouth rim with a narrow band of waves.
9 √ in. (25 cm.) high, box

HK$800,000-1,200,000
US$110,000-160,000

Compare to a nearly identical Qianlong vase in the
Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain
of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 235 and
another example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum,
Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, CAFA, Book
II, 1968, pl. 2.

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