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                                                                          A RARE TURQUOISE-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
                                                                          Incised Qianlong seal mark and of the period
                                                                          Rising from a slightly flared foot to high rounded
                                                                          shoulders, surmounted by a waisted neck and
                                                                          rounded mouth rim, covered overall with a lustrous
                                                                          turquoise-blue glaze, pooling neatly above the foot
                                                                          ring and base of the neck.
                                                                          24cm (9 1/2in) high.
                                                                          £6,000 - 10,000
                                                                          CNY54,000 - 91,000
                                                                          清乾隆   孔雀綠釉梅瓶
                                                                          「大清乾隆年製」篆書刻款

                                                                          Provenance: a European private collection and
                                                                          thence by descent

                                                                          來源: 歐洲私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今

                                                                          Turquoise is among the rarest of glaze colours found
                                                                          on marked Imperial monochromes. A turquoise-
                                                                          glazed meiping vase, 18th century, in the National
                                                                          Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Catalogue of
                                                                          the Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and
                                                                          Ch’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty
                                                                          in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no.25.

                                                                          Turquoise-glazed Imperial wares continued from
                                                                          the Kangxi to Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. See
                                                                          a similar turquoise glazed meiping, but with earlier
                                                                          incised Kangxi six-character mark and of the period,
                                                                          which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2016,
                                  116                                     lot 67. A large turquoise-glazed fish bowl, incised
                                                                          Yongzheng seal mark and of the period was also
                                                                          sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 147.








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                                                                          A PAIR OF CORAL-RED GLAZED BOTTLE
                                                                          VASES
                                                                          Kangxi six-character marks, late Qing Dynasty
                                                                          Each ovoid body rising from a straight foot to a long
                                                                          slender neck, covered with a rich copper-red glaze
                                                                          stopping neatly at the mouth and foot rim.
                                                                          Each 22.4cm (8 7/8in) high. (2).

                                                                          £3,000 - 5,000
                                                                          CNY27,000 - 45,000

                                                                          清末   紅釉膽瓶 一對
                                                                          青花「大清康熙年製」楷書仿款

                                                                          Provenance: a European private collection and
                                                                          thence by descent

                                                                          來源: 歐洲私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今


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