QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE SMALL RU-TYPE VASE, HU
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of facetted octagonal section supported on a conforming foot, the pear-shaped body rising to a broad neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, covered inside and out in an even, opaque, pale blue glaze stopping short of the brown-dressed foot rim
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

A number of Qianlong-marked vases of this form and small size, with Guan, Ru or Ge type glazes are known. Cf. an example of Guan-type glaze in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the exhibition, Qing Monochrome Porcelain, 1981, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 89 (13.9 cm. high); another Guan-type vase is illustrated by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1972, A343 (12.2 cm. high); and a Ru-type glaze from the James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 22 March 1993, lot 742 (14.8 cm. high).

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