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A CELADON, UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
COPPER-RED VASE
Qianlong four-character mark and of the period
Of baluster form, the large central band around the
body painted in underglaze blue and copper-red
with a continuous scene of flowers, gnarled rocks
and insects, moulded lappets on the shoulder and
applied with a pair of beast-head handles, the flaring
neck decorated in copper-red with meandering floral
scrolls, the ormolu mounts 18th/19th century.
29.2cm (11 1/2in) high. (2).
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 72,000
清乾隆 冬青釉青花釉里紅花卉紋瓶
青花「乾隆年製」篆書款
Related porcelain vases in celadon, underglaze blue
and copper-red, with later ormolu mounts were
popular with European nobility and royalty. See for
example, a related vase, 18th century, illustrated by
J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the
Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.II, London,
2016, pp.504-505, no.1275. Similar Qianlong seal
marks are illustrated in Ibid., p.504.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE CHINESE ART | 43
