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

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED FANGHU-FORM VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of rectangular section with indented corners on the neck, which is flanked by a pair of rectangular lug handles, the vase is molded on each main side with a peach-shaped cartouche, and is covered overall with an unctuous glaze of dark purple tone streaked with lavender and turquoise, thinning to beige at the lobed edges and handles. The base is covered with a brown wash.
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Provenance

Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

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Lot Essay

A flambé-glazed vase of this form with a Qianlong seal mark is illustrated by J. J. Marquet de Vasselot and M.-J. Ballot, The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, Paris, 1922, pl. 35. Another Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed hu-form vase of similar height (11 5/8 in.) was sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 521.

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