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A famille rose double gourd vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
712 - 890 EUR
726 - 907 USD
Hammer price
18 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A famille rose double gourd vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

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.