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A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE BLUE-GLAZED ENAMELLED OCTAGONAL VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES

Lot 3038
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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HKD 5 796 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 3038 | A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE BLUE-GLAZED ENAMELLED OCTAGONAL VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES
Estimate value
HKD 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE BLUE-GLAZED ENAMELLED OCTAGONAL VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES

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
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
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