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3 septembre 2016

A very rare white-glazed relief-decorated hexalobed vase, Jiaqing six-character incised seal mark and of period

A very rare white-glazed relief-decorated hexalobed vase, Jiaqing six-character incised seal mark and of period (1796-1820)

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Lot 1366. A very rare white-glazed relief-decorated hexalobed vase, Jiaqing six-character incised seal mark and of period (1796-1820). Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

Each lobe of the body is decorated in crisp relief with an elegant, stylized, branching flower stem that rises from above the petal-lappet border at the foot to below the six out-turned barbed petals that form the everted rim, each petal relief-decorated with a bat. The vase is covered overall with a crackled, opaque glaze of ivory tone. 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high. 

Provenance: Collection of Eleanor Masters Hutchison (1900-1985), Illinois, acquired in Montreal, Canada, after WWII.

NotesEach of the six petals forming the unusual out-turned rim of this elegant vase is adorned with a stylized bat. The bat is a symbol of happiness and good fortune, as the word for happiness (fu), is pronounced the same as the word for bat.

The form of this vase, sometimes referred to as a 'pomegranate' vase, enjoyed favor throughout the high Qing period. In the discussion of a Qianlong flambé-glazed vase of this form illustrated in Ethereal ElegancePorcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, p. 230, no. 72, it is noted that the "oblate six-lobed body and pronounced everted mouth was probably an innovative design of the Qianlong reign." A pair of Qianlong-marked turquoise-glazed vases of similar form and relief decoration, but lacking the lobes, from the J.M. Hu Collection, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 October 2012, lot 112. One of this pair of vases is illustrated in Qing Imperial Monochromes: The Zande Lou Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 128-9, no. 47. Jiaqing-marked vases of this form and relief decoration appear to be exceedingly rare. 

A Jiaqing-marked celadon-glazed vase of different form, but with similar floral meander molded in relief around the body, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 554. Compare, also, the Jiaqing-marked white-glazed vase with molded decoration sold at Doyle New York, 14 September 2009, lot 139.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16  September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza 

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