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1071(1398364)
A famille rose double gourd vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Hammer price
18 000SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK

Kangxis six character mark to base in underglaze blue. Flattened double-gourd shape with large handles to the sides. The flattened globular body is deocrated with peonies and chryssanthemum flowers. Gilded rim. Height 26 cm.

Fritting/loss of glaze. Firing flaws.

Literature

The form is recorded in a line drawing in Geng Baochang, Mingqing ciqi jiangding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing Porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993, p. 189, no. fig. 336, no. 3. For a closely related piece, see Geng Baochang, ibid., p. 21, fig. 31. Compare a related example decorated with chrysanthemum in iron red, sold at Christie's New York, 30th October 2001, lot 801.

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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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