A RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED QUATREFOIL BEAKER VASE, HUAGU

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A RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED QUATREFOIL BEAKER VASE, HUAGU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The foliate lobed vase sturdily potted with a widely flaring trumpet neck above a central knob and spreading foot, covered with an unctuous raspberry-red glaze streaked in purple and lavender-blue thinning to a creamy crackled glaze on the extremities, the interior with a milky-blue glaze, the base glazed brown
10 1/2 in. (27 cm.) high, stand, Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection

Lot Essay

Compare with other flambé-glazed beaker vases of this type, one in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, col. pl. 278; and another two sold at auction, one in our London Rooms, 7 June 2004, lot 133 and one in these Rooms, 28 November 2005, lot 1325.

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