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

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The body tapers towards the quatrefoil mouth rim and is molded on the wider sides with a peach-shaped panel, and flanked by a pair of lug handles on the neck. The vase is covered with a streaked glaze of milky blue and reddish-purple color. The interior of the foot is covered with a pale brown wash.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection, acquired in the first half of the 20th century.
‌Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2279.

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Lot Essay

A similar Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed vase is illustrated by J. J. Marquet de Vasselot and M. J. Ballot, The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, 1922, pl. 35. See, also, the Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed fanghu-form vase 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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