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Size: H26cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong Period，Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 3,000,000

Qianlong Six-Character Mark
This well potted globular body rising in a graceful line from the splayed foot with the waisted neck rising to a lipped rim， flanked by a pair of wide strap handles terminating at the shoulder in large ruyi heads， covered overall in a highly attractive unctuous pale blue glaze suffused with subtle pale crackle. The bottom surface is finely inscribed with six-character Qianlong reign mark. Vases of this form are based on the archaic bronze vessel， Hu.

ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl， Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection， London， 1994-2010， vol.4， no.1791