A SMALL GUAN-TYPE VASE, HU

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A SMALL GUAN-TYPE VASE, HU
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Of archaic fang hu shape with short tubular handles, all under a thick crackled greyish-celadon-glaze except for the brown-dressed foot rim
6 in. (15 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar example from the Garner Collection, now in the British Museum is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl. LXIV 2 and Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol. 5, fig. 235. A pair from the Meiyintang Collection is illustrated by Krahl in the Catalogue, Volume Two, col. pls. 874-875. Another was included in the National Palace Museum Special Exhibition of Qing Dynasty Monochromes, Catalogue, p. 149, no. 89, also illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, vol. 5, p. 206.

(US$7,000-9,000)

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