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A RARE YELLOW AND GREEN-
ENAMELED BLUE AND WHITE
‘LOTUS’ VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD

the pear-shaped body with a slightly compressed
belly, elegantly rising to a waisted neck and ared
mouth, painted in deep underglaze-blue tones
with a composite lotus and chrysanthemum
scroll around the body, framed by a lappet collar
below and ruyi-head and C-scrolls borders at
the shoulder, the neck accentuated with upright
lappets below further ruyi and classic scroll
borders below the rim, the foot encircled by a
keyfret band, all reserved on a yellow-enameled
ground with three of the borders applied with a
green wash, the base with a six-character seal
mark in underglaze blue, the enamels later added
Height 8⅝ in., 22 cm

Blue and white vases of this type, each with
variations of the decorative bands and the
Qianlong mark written in kaishu script, include
a slightly smaller example, from the collection
of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, included in the
Oriental Ceramic Society Loan exhibition of
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, 14th to 19th
Centuries, London, 1954, cat. no. 312, sold in our
London rooms, 8th-9th July 1974, lot 308, and
again in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th October 2011,
lot 1922; another sold at Christie’s London, 4th
November 2008, lot 205. Compare also a smaller
vase, but with a slightly broader neck and a
Qianlong seal mark on the base, sold in our Hong
Kong rooms, 2nd May 1995, lot 72, and again at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th May 2007, lot 1467.

$ 60,000-80,000