ID 963354
Lot 3061 | AN IMPERIAL AND INSCRIBED FAMILLE ROSE CELADON-GLAZED WALL VASE
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is finely painted with a shaped medallion with a pavilion built into the hillside beside a lake in a mountainous landscape, inscribed with an excerpt from an imperial poem, followed by an iron-red seal of Qianlong, against a celadon-glazed ground decorated with western-style floral sprays.
7 3/16 in. (18.1 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 December 1976, lot 139
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28 November 1979, lot 235
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 22 May 1984, lot 141
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27 October 1993, lot 259
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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Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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