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A FINE AND SUPERB CELADON-GLAZED DRUM-SHAPED JAR

Lot 917
30.04.2026 18:00UTC +08:00
Classic
Starting price
HKD 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1564811
Lot 917 | A FINE AND SUPERB CELADON-GLAZED DRUM-SHAPED JAR
Estimate value
HKD 500 000 – 800 000
A FINE AND SUPERB CELADON-GLAZED DRUM-SHAPED JAR
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
6 3/8 in. (16.1 cm.) high




Provenance

Collection of T. Y. Chao
Offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, The T. Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part I, 18 November 1986, lot 87
Offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 November 1999, lot 421



Literature

Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.536-539, no. 106



Exhibited

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Hong Kong, November 1973-February 1974, cat. no. 18
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