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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- porcelain
- Height: 12.5 inches, 32 cm.
with a tapering cylindrical body painted in imitation of the 'heaped and piled' effect, with ten vertical panels of alternating lotus and camellia scroll between borders of foliate meander, the sloped shoulder with a band of petal lappets and three peony stems on the neck within borders of classic scroll repeated on the spreading foot, seal mark in underglaze blue
Provenance
Christie's New York, 21st September 2000, lot 347.
Condition
The mouth rim with a bruise chip and a frit, and three cracks.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A vase of similar size with identical decoration can be found in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1968, Book II, pl.4; and another in The Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1989 ed., p. 257, no. 260.