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A RARE MOULDED AND CARVED CELADON- 清乾隆 粉青釉萬年吉慶如意蓋瓶
GLAZED ‘RUYI’ VASE AND COVER 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

superbly potted with a flattened ruyi-shaped body, rising
from a tall splayed foot moulded with a ruyi-shaped apron,
and elegantly sweeping up to a rectangular waisted neck with
everted rim, both faces carved in shallow relief within the
scrolled ruyi border, depicting a beribboned musical chime
(qing) tied on a beaded tassel suspended from a wan symbol,
framed by meandering sprays of lotus blooms repeated on
the narrow sides, all below stylised bats with outstretched
wings around the shoulder and a band of ruyi heads at the rim,
surmounted by a domed cover similarly decorated and also
moulded with a ruyi-shaped apron, centred by an oval finial
carved with a floret, covered overall in a pale sage-green glaze
thinning on the raised areas and pooling in the recesses of the
carving, the celadon-glazed base incised with a six-character
seal mark
overall h. 25 cm, 9⅞ in.
HK$ 1,800,000-2,500,000
US$ 230,000-319,000

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