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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD ᪺̗㡳 㤎⩈⮣⳹ᆷ⁅ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
FLASK
ϝᬝ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736- 1795) ⧻இ☆՞ᘘ⻦ ᰻㔮ᙻ ⯍ ჺջ
The flask is supported on a recessed foot rising to a globular lower ≡⶿⼕ᅴ卿ᘘऑ卿ិ㯝卿஋ᆨᏓ⭬卿᳍஄㑷ǯݦ⶿⼕㧿ᝳൈዪ
body curving to a narrow waist, the elongated upper bulb thinning
ᆨ㫐⪆ǯ㘻㵲㱈⦞៨⸥⡠卿≡㕇ӳӴ㛑㫐㬷पᝳӬஏ೰⡠ǯ
to a tapered neck and flanked by ‘S’-shaped handles ending in
ruyi-heads. The exterior is decorated with a band of ruyi-shaped ᫉⶿⼕≡ᥑἃ⧎㇦卿അ։⏟ַ׾⎐㱈㫐䂆⦞៨⡠卿जࣻ㇦झ
pendants encircling the mouth rim and stylised lotus scrolls ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։Գ㪏᪪㬪Ɽ⶿⼕ᆨ㫐⪆≡卿⤔⽚厍ᘢ
covering the body and handles, the base is inscribed with the reign ≢ / dஎ‸ ǯऔᝳӬ։ᐽ㐈ᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ
mark in underglaze blue.
Ԡ㬪Ɽぞ䂆೰ໃ⡠⶿⼕≡卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000
PROVENANCE
An American private collector, active from the 1950s to the 1970s
The present vase is very rare, as no other double-gourd vase
decorated with lotus scroll pattern appears to have been
published, most examples are decorated with a double-dragon
pattern. See a Qianlong-marked vase decorated with a dragon
pattern in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession no.
ᘢ ≢ 006955-N000000000. Also see another similar vase
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1409.

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