A blue and white pear-shaped vase Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
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A fine blue and white baluster vase
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
The squat bulbous sides evenly painted with blossoms alternating with pendent bats amid foliate scrolls below a band of ruyi-head and key-fret at the shoulder, the long straight neck with lappets pointing stiffly upwards below further scrolls and ruyi-head at the open mouth.
25.4cm (10in) high
Sold for £61,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12-13 July 2006, lot 635
    The Inder Rieden Collection

    Compare a related vase painted with lotus scrolls emanating from chilong interspersed with bats suspending chimes, Jiaqing seal mark and of the period, illustrated by P.Y.K.Lam, ed., in Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing: The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, Catalogue no.111.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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