QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Although flower holders from the Qianlong period are well known, also compare lot 2715 in this catalogue, it appears this is the only flower holder with aubergine glaze recorded. The purple tone of this glaze can be compared to a related aubergine-glazed bottle vase, impressed with a Qianlong seal mark from the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, vol. 2, A475, no. 323. Compare also to two Qianlong-marked aubergine-glazed archaistic tripod vessels, jue, one from the Baur Collection illustrated in ibid., no. 322; and the other from the Robert Chang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2 November 1999, lot 507.