A SMALL ROBIN'S-EGG BLUE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A SMALL ROBIN'S-EGG BLUE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Raised on a slightly splayed foot with a bow-string band at the base of the neck which continues under the mask and loop handles, covered with a finely mottled opaque glaze of turquoise and purplish-blue tone that continues over the mouth rim and also covers the base
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

For a robin's egg-glazed hu-form vase with elephant-head loop handles dated to the Qianlong period and in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, see I. L. Legeza, A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm Macdonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1972, pl. XCIII, no. 257.

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