QIANLONG INSCRIBED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE ROBIN'S EGG BLUE-GLAZED 'LANTERN' VASE
QIANLONG INSCRIBED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Relief-decorated with a pair of inverted vase-shaped handles, covered inside and out with an opaque mottled glaze of dark blue and turquoise color, with a more finely mottled glaze on the base
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's, Hong Kong, 31 March 1992, lot 589.

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Lot Essay

Robin's egg blue glazes were first developed during the Yongzheng period as a free interpretation of Song dynasty Jun glazes. In the discussion of a Qianlong-marked vase of this type, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 252, no. 923, the author notes that in China this glaze is called lu Jun (furnace Jun) as "it was fired in a furnace of a lower temperature after the firing of the porcelain".

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