Lot 195. A rare six-necked underglaze blue vase 'liukongping', Qianlong four-character mark and of the period (1736-1795). H. 17 cm. Estimate 40.000/60.000 €. Lot sold 60.000 €. Courtesy Nagel 

The vase is potted as six conjoined amphoras, with five bodies, necks, and spouts enclosing one central and slightly taller vase. It is decorated with leafy lotos scrolls between ruyi-head and lappet bands at the foot and shoulder. The large spout in the middle partly restored. 

Provenance: Property from an important European private collection, bought at Christie's London, 6.11.2012, Lot 230.

Note: Several other examples of multi-spouted vases are illustrated in Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty, 1986, no. 96 (NPM Taibei), in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, no. 265 (MFA Boston), in Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, catalogue no. 214 (HK Museum of Art), and in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Greatest Collections, vol. 9, no. 128 (Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.). Similar vases were also sold at past auctions, c.f. a celadon-glazed piece at Sotheby's NY, 20-03-2012, Lot 237, and an almost identical one at Sotheby's Paris, 13-06-2012, Lot 69

Six conjoined vases Porcelain, underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1735-1796), National Palace Museum, Taipei.

A rare celadon-glazed six-necked vase (Liukongping), Qianlong seal mark and period. Height 8 3/4 in., 22.5 cm. Sold for 572,500 USD at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 237. Photo Sotheby's

Cf. my post: A rare celadon-glazed six-necked vase (Liukongping), Qianlong seal mark and period

A fine and rare blue and white porcelain six-spouted vase, Liukongping, China, Qing Dynasty, four-character Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795), red paper inventory label; 17 cm, 6 3/4 in. Sold for 1,207,150 EUR at Sotheby's Paris, 13 Jun 2012, lot 69. Photo Sotheby's

Cf. my post: Rare vase à six cols en porcelaine bleu blanc, Liukongping, Chine, Dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795) 

Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2017