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A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’
VASE, GANLANPING
Chenghua four-character mark, 18th century
Of ‘olive stone’ form, finely carved in relief
with a scrolling lotus meander between
bands of lappets at the foot and mouth rims,
covered in a thick Longquan-style glaze of
a pea-green colour, thinning to a paler hue
at the edges of the moulded design, wood
stand and fitted early 20th century wood
box. 35cm (13 3/4in) high (3).
£5,000 - 7,000
HK$52,000 - 72,000
CNY44,000 - 62,000
Compare with a similar ‘peony scrolls’ jar,
dated 18th to 19th century, sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 5 April 2016, lot 116. See
another jar carved with comparable lotus
scrolls and lappets, dated early 18th century,
sold at Christie’s London, 13 November
2015, lot 1288.

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