A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE BLUE-GLAZED ENAMELLED OCTAGONAL VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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5796000HKD HKD 5 796 000
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ID 963362
Lot 3038 | A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE BLUE-GLAZED ENAMELLED OCTAGONAL VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES
Estimate value
HKD 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The impressive vase is decorated on four sides with plain panels reserved against a rich blue-glazed ground with brown-washed borders, underneath a band of moulded brown ruyi-heads on the shoulder, the neck embellished on both sides with brown moulded chimes suspending pairs of carps by lotus stems, flanked by a pair of brown handles in the form of ruyi sceptres tied with moulded sashes.
26 3/4 in. (68 cm.) high
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1932
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28-29 November 1979, lot 273
Literature
Yamanaka & Co., Grand Exhibition of Ancient Eastern and Western Art (東西古美術展覽會Tozai kobijutsu tenrankai), Osaka, 1932, no. 634
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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