California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 October 05, 2019  October 05, 2019

 Lot # 8055 
A BLUE AND WHITE GU VASE    清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉八吉祥紋花觚


  • Dimension: Height: 12 7/8 in (32.8 cm) Diameter: 6 1/2 in (16.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $2800
  • Estimate To: $3800

The bell-shaped foot painted in underglaze-blue with four Buddhist Emblems among scrolling lotus, rising to the mid-section comprising a short cylindrical stem and bulbous body, all below the six-character seal mark, continuing to a trumpet neck with upright lappets and the remaining four Buddhist Emblems with scrolling lotus. Qing Dynasty period.


撇口,長頸,球形腹,覆杯狀高足。以青花滿繪紋飾,青花髮色妍麗,層次豐富繁複,外壁口沿下繪“如意雲紋”,器身繪“八寶紋”“花卉紋”“蕉葉紋”,器足邊飾“迴紋”,頸部橫書“大清乾隆年制”款識。此器仿自商周青銅觚,原為五供之一,造型優雅得宜,結構紋飾繁而不縟,富麗華美,紋樣排列互相呼應,紋樣恭致而嚴謹,實為乾隆年間御用瓷器中難得的佳品。