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清 A FINE AND LARGE RU-TYPE VASE
《
大 乾 SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
清 隆
乾

隆 仿 the lobed baluster body divided into four lobes simulating a crabapple bloom, robustly
potted and rising from a splayed foot to a flaring neck, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of
年 汝 handles, each modelled in the form of an elephant’s head with the curling trunk forming a
loop, covered overall with an unctuous pale sky-blue glaze suffused with a dense network of
製 釉 crackles stopping neatly above the footring, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
《 character seal mark
款 海 37 cm, 14½ in.
棠
式

象 HK$ 4,000,000-5,000,000
耳 US$ 510,000-640,000
瓶

Mark

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