CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE INCISEE A SIX CARACTERES EN CACHET ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Details

VASE EN PORCELAINE EMAILLEE FLAMBEE, FANGHU
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE INCISEE A SIX CARACTERES EN CACHET ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The vase is well potted with a peach-shaped panel on each side, and is flanked by a pair of lug handles on the neck. The vase is covered with a thick glaze of bright reddish-purple tone streaked in pale milky blue and areas of creamy tones. The base is covered with a yellowish-brown glaze which covers the reign mark; small chips.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by a Belgian diplomat whilst in Beijing between 1922-1926, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Further details

A FLAMBE-GLAZED SQUARE VASE, FANGHU
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

A flambé-glazed vase of this form with a Qianong seal mark is illustrated by J.J. Marquet de Vasselot and M.J. Ballot, The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, 1922, pl. 35. Compare to another Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed fanghu-form vase of similar height sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 1058, and another at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 521.

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