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Size: H21.7cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong period，Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 1,300,000

Qianlong Six-Character Mark
With rounded sides rising from a spreading foot and encircled by two ribs below the shoulder，tapering into a cylindrical neck，on either side of which are a pair of lavender glazed open work handles resembling stylised archaic dragons，beneath a lavender lipped rim，covered over all in a rich and even copper-red flambé glaze，extending to the interior with lavender splashes applied to the body all with a fine crackle，the underside glaze of patchy brown and beige. Incised six character sealmark of Qianlong and of the period，1736 - 1795.
▲ A similar vase is illustrated by John Ayers，Chinese Ceramics in the Bauer Collection volume 2 no.259 （a289，p.152） and also illustrated in the original volumes by John Ayers，volume 3，no.A289. Two other comparable vases are illustrated by A.W. Bahr in Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China，London 1911，pl.CVII formerly in the collection of F.E. Wilkinson.
PROVENANCE
1.Formerly in the collection of Professor Masataka Inoue，born in Osaka 1945，President of The Osaka Institute of Technology
2. Purchased from Mr Jintsu of Seigando & Co.，Tokyo，circa 1975.
3. Mr. S. Bazini’s Collection