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A FINE AND RARE WHITE-GLAZED SOFT PASTE VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
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of indented elliptical section, the waisted quatrefoil neck rising to a lipped and everted rim flanked on either side by pairs of openwork archaistic dragon-form handles, all supported on a conforming splayed quatrelobed foot, the body with delicately molded design of a pair of confronting dragons on each side, four kui dragons on the shoulder, the neck with upright leaves beneath a trefoil band, the base with a beribboned ruyi scepter, covered overall in a finely crackled ivory-white glaze
Provenance
Private European Collection.
Condition
The vase is in overall good condition.
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
The bold angularity of the present piece is not uncommon among other soft paste white-glazed vases of the period. A Qianlong mark and period soft paste vase with similar open work handles and archaistic motifs is illustrated in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, 1977, Catalogue, no. 141. Another Qianlong imperial vase but of globular shape and featuring similar sharply outlined shoulders is illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics from the Koger Collection, 1985, no. 140.
For Qianlong imperial vases with similar decoration see Peter Lam, Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 3, pp. 88-89 and Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1990, no. 82.
For Qianlong imperial vases with similar decoration see Peter Lam, Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 3, pp. 88-89 and Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1990, no. 82.