QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED 'HOLY WATER' VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tapering ovoid body decorated with lotus sprays between bands of upright leaf tips and lotus petals supported on a broad domed foot encircled by a band of petal lappets, the tall cylindrical neck encircled by a collar and decorated with bands of key-fret, florets, lappets and ruyi
8 3/8 in. (22.3 cm.) high

来源

Christie's, London, 3 November 2009, lot 278 (one of two).

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In A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics, Singapore, 2002, p. 47, Wang Qingzhen quotes old sources that state that this type of vase with iron-red decoration and no reign mark was only made during the Qianlong period as court gifts to Tibetan monks. Their production ceased after Qianlong's reign, as Tibetan monks no longer came to court. An identical vase dated to the Qianlong period and in the collection of the Nanjing Museum, is illustrated by Xu Huping in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 225, where its use is explained. A pair of vases in the collection of the National Palace Museum is illustrated in Monarchy and Its Buddhist Way: Tibetan-Buddhist Ritual Implements in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1999, p. 184, no. 91.