A MAGNIFICENT PEAR-SHAPED RETICULATED CELADON VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. sublimely spectacular, the elegantly proportioned bottle vase with a gently swelling belly sweeping up to a slender slightly flaring neck, masterfully engineered with a deftly reticulated band of two large peonies with lush petals encircled by scrolling leaves subtly incised with veining, the openwork areas revealing a plain integral vase beneath, all below a finely carved low-relief band of upright plantain leaves collaring the neck with pendant ruyi lappets around the mouth and detached ruyi heads each containing stylised lotus flowers around the shoulder, supported on a carved lotus petal band skirting the base and a low foot incised with a key-fret band, all beneath a glassy tea green celadon glaze pooling in the recesses creating layers of depth, the base marked with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue 31.8 CM., 12 1/2 IN.
A MAGNIFICENT PEAR-SHAPED RETICULATED CELADON VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. sublimely spectacular, the elegantly proportioned bottle vase with a gently swelling belly sweeping up to a slender slightly flaring neck, masterfully engineered with a deftly reticulated band of two large peonies with lush petals encircled by scrolling leaves subtly incised with veining, the openwork areas revealing a plain integral vase beneath, all below a finely carved low-relief band of upright plantain leaves collaring the neck with pendant ruyi lappets around the mouth and detached ruyi heads each containing stylised lotus flowers around the shoulder, supported on a carved lotus petal band skirting the base and a low foot incised with a key-fret band, all beneath a glassy tea green celadon glaze pooling in the recesses creating layers of depth, the base marked with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue 31.8 CM., 12 1/2 IN.
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