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Auction archive: Lot number 2181

A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
20 Mar 2014 - 21 Mar 2014
Estimate
US$400,000 - US$600,000
Price realised:
US$1,205,000
Auction archive: Lot number 2181

A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
20 Mar 2014 - 21 Mar 2014
Estimate
US$400,000 - US$600,000
Price realised:
US$1,205,000
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The tapering body is finely decorated in relief with a band of leafy flower scroll bearing four large blossoms between a band of narrow chrysanthemum petals below and a ruyi collar on the rounded shoulder. The tall neck is decorated on each side with a pair of confronted archaistic birds between bow-string borders and repeated on the pair of tubular handles, all below a ruyi band at the flared rim. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of soft sea-green color that thins on the raised decoration and rims. Together with fitted 19th century French ormolu mounts. Vase 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 2181
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2014 - 21 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Christie's
20-21 March 2014, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The tapering body is finely decorated in relief with a band of leafy flower scroll bearing four large blossoms between a band of narrow chrysanthemum petals below and a ruyi collar on the rounded shoulder. The tall neck is decorated on each side with a pair of confronted archaistic birds between bow-string borders and repeated on the pair of tubular handles, all below a ruyi band at the flared rim. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of soft sea-green color that thins on the raised decoration and rims. Together with fitted 19th century French ormolu mounts. Vase 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 2181
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2014 - 21 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Christie's
20-21 March 2014, New York, Rockefeller Center
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