A LARGE CHINESE MOULDED CELADON-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC OVOID VASE

A LARGE CHINESE MOULDED CELADON-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC OVOID VASE
SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Robustly potted with a short slightly flared rim and an imbricated border above an ovoid body moulded with a narrow band of square scrolls and ruyi-heads to the shoulder; all above a wide stylised geometric taotie band around the body and with curving lappets or petals above the foot, the base glazed white, 32.5cm.

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), purchased by Viscountess Broome (1893-1896), Sotheby's London, 17th November 1938, lot 193, and thence by descent through the family. This vase is recorded in the Christie, Manson & Woods inventory at Broome Park, in December 1916 on page 49, no.207, under the title heading of ‘Whole Colour Porcelain’.

Cf. The Y C Chen Collection, Christie's London, 17th May 2013, lot 1335, for a similar but unmarked moulded celadon-glazed ovoid peony jar of this size.

清乾隆 青釉浮雕螭龍紋瓶
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來源：霍雷肖•赫伯特•基奇納元帥（1850-1916），由布魯姆子爵夫人（1893-1896）從倫敦蘇富比1938年11月17日（編號193）購回，之後由家族繼承。據佳士得Manson & Woods出版的， Broome Park庫存手冊中記載，1916年12月，頁49， 編號207。