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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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