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四 41. A Chinese imperial porcelain flambé lobed pomegranate vase with bulbous body, flared foot and petal-lobed rim covered overall in
十 a rich and luminous flambé glaze with deep purple and lavender splashes pooling to lavender in the fluted sections and rim, the base
一 covered in a brown wash.
御 7 ½ inches, 19 cm high.
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Six-character incised sealmark of Jiaqing and of the period, 1796-1820.
窯 • Formerly in private collection, Edinburgh.
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釉 • Another Jiaqing example, from a private Japanese collection, was included by Marchant in their Recent Acquisitions catalogue,
石 2004, no. 36, pp. 50/1.
榴 • A similar vase, with an incised Qianlong sealmark, is illustrated by John Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection,
瓶 Geneva, 1999, volume 2, no. A.291, pl. 260, and another is illustrated in Ming and Qing Ceramics and Works of Art from the
Osaka Museum, Japan, fig. 209, p. 46.
清 • Pomegranate, shiliu, is a plant appreciated not only for its blossoms, but also for its fruit, whose numerous seeds make it a
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慶 symbol of fertility.
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