A blue and white baluster hu vase Daoguang seal mark and of the period
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A blue and white baluster vase, hu
Daoguang seal mark and of the period
Painted in imitation of Ming 'heaping and piling' with bands of scrolling lotus and mixed flowers, divided by moulded horizontal ribs above a further band of foaming waves and pendent stiff lappets at the spreading foot, the shoulder with applied animal-mask fixed-ring handles, and the flaring neck with stylised leaves beneath a narrow band of waves at the mouth.
24.8cm (9¾in) high
Sold for £103,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Christie's London, 5 December 1994, lot 31
    The Inder Rieden Collection

    This Daoguang period vase is a direct continuation of the form and design from the preceding Qianlong and Jiaqing periods. For a Qianlong example see Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, 2003, p.235; and for a Jiaqing example see Sotheby's Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 247.

    Compare a similar Daoguang mark and period vase sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 316.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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