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Size: H23.5cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong period，Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 1,200,000

Qianlong Six-Character Mark
The ovoid body with short slightly flared neck，moulded with two handles in the form of inverted vases，the whole covered with a “robin’s-egg” glaze，pale blue with speckled darker blue，the glaze continuing on the interior of the mouth and the base. Incised six character sealmark of Qianlong and of the period，1736-1795.
PROVENANCE
1. Formerly in a Japanese private collection.
2. Formerly in the collection of Dr. Lowell S. Young，MD.
3. Purchased from Marchant，16th June 1997.
4. Mr. S. Bazini’s Collection
▲ An identical vase from the Huaihaitang Collection is published in Ethereal Elegance，col. pl. 65，published by The Art Museum，Institute of Chinese Studies，The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
▲ A similar vase from the Jiaqing period is in the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain，The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum， vol.37，col. pl. 190，p.211；another from the Jiaqing period was published by Marchant in their catalogue of Exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Two-Coloured Wares，June 1992，col. pl. 52，p. 64，where they state a similar piece is illustrated by Chiang Fu-ts’ung in Qing Dynasty Monchrome Porcelains in The National Palace Museum，Taiwan，1981.