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A CELADON-GLAZED DRUM-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the ovoid body rising to a slightly incurved mouth rim,
elegantly molded with two taotie mask handles suspending
mock rings between broad raised bands around the base
and rim studded with bosses, covered overall with an even
pale celadon glaze and thinning to white on the raised
elements and rim, the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue
Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Hong Kong Private Collection.

⊖ $ 12,000-15,000

清乾隆 粉青釉鋪首耳鼓式罐
《大清乾隆年製》款

來源
香港私人收藏

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A FINE PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED OGEE- 清乾隆 檸檬黃釉折腰小盤一對
FORM DISHES 《大清乾隆年製》款
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
來源
each finely potted with deeply curved sides rising from a
tapering foot, the exterior covered in a bright yellow glaze, 歐洲私人收藏 (傳)
the interior glazed white, the base with a six-character seal
mark in underglaze blue (2) 159
Diameter 4½ in., 11.4 cm 159
PROVENANCE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN The present lot belongs to a small group of Qianlong
European Private Collection (by repute). A FINE AND SUPERB PAIR OF BLUE-GLAZED sacrificial-blue bowls notable for their superior quality.
Several closely related pairs of yellow-glazed ogee-form BOWLS Compare several other examples from this group, such as
a closely related pair of the same size and shape from the
dishes with Qianlong seal marks were sold in our Hong Kong QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD Zingone Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st May
rooms, including one sold 16th November 1973, lot 242; 2011, lot 3536; another pair sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
another pair sold 29th November 1976, lot 548; one from each delicately potted with the deep rounded sides rising 14th November 1989, lot 167; and two further bowls sold
the Edward T. Chow Collection, sold 25th November 1980, from a short, tapered foot to a slightly flared rim, the exterior separately in these rooms, 4th December 1985, lot 265 and
lot 99; and a pair sold 3rd April 2019, lot 3661. A further covered in a deep sacrificial-blue glaze thinning towards the 1st June 1988, lot 160.
pair, from the Lorant J. Goldschlager Collection, was sold rims, the interior and base reserved in white, the base with a
at Christie’s London, 4th June 1973, lot 172. These dishes six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, wood stands (4)
were likely based on a Yongzheng period prototype; a six- Diameter 4¼ in., 10.8 cm $ 20,000-30,000
character Yongzheng marked yellow-glazed ogee-form dish
was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th May 1983, lot 135. 清乾隆 霽藍釉盌一對
《大清乾隆年製》款
$ 60,000-80,000

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