A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED FLOWER-HOLDER

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30.05.2022 10:30UTC +08:00
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Lot 2715 | A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED FLOWER-HOLDER
A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED FLOWER-HOLDERQIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)The finely potted compressed pear-shaped body is carved elaborately with leafy lotus foliage and the foot is encircled by a band of stylised petals. The slightly domed top has three circular apertures and is similarly decorated with further lotus tendrils. The glaze is of an even translucent bluish-green colour.3 1⁄8 in. (7.8 cm.) high Provenance Acquired circa 1990 Literature Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 196, no. 74 Exhibited On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1997-2020
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