5134 | Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty A VERY RARE AND FINELY HULU MOULDED‘HAPPINESS AND LONGEVITY’BRUSH POT

A VERY RARE AND FINELY HULU MOULDED‘HAPPINESS AND LONGEVITY’BRUSH POT

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Size: H14.3cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 1,500,000

LITERATURE:
1.Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss,‘Chinese Decorated Gourds’, International Asian Antiques Fair, Hong Kong, 1983, p. 51, pl. 3.
2.The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong,‘Arts from the Scholar’s Studio’, Hongkong, 1986, No.92;
3.Wang Shixiang, The Charms of the Gourd, Hong Kong, 1993, fig. 11.
Qianlong Four-Character Mark
PROVENANCE:
1.The Sedgwick Collection.
2.Sotheby’s London, 2nd July 1968, lot 47.
3.Sotheby’s London, 24th February 1970, lot 106.
4.Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection
5.Sotheby’s Hongkong, 08th October 2009, lot 47.

EXHIBITED:
Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986, cat. no. 92.