Live Auction 18823Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A RARE CELADON-GLAZED FACETED VASE
Lot 1841 PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION

A RARE CELADON-GLAZED FACETED VASE

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Closed25 September 2020

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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED FACETED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The slender vase is of facetted hexagonal form and flanked on the neck with a pair of stylized reticulated handles, covered with a pale bluish-green glaze, stopping short of the brown-dressed foot rim.
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high

Acquired in the United States in the 1990s.

Specialist note


Celadon-glazed Qianlong-marked vases of this shape are very rare. A Qianlong-marked vase of similar shape and with similar dragon-form handles, but decorated in underglaze blue and yellow enamel, is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 122.