Lot Essay
For another similarly glazed vase of this rare form, with a Yongzheng mark, see d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, pl. LXX (A)
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A GUANYAO-TYPE RIBBED PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASE
SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, QING DYNASTY
The neck and spreading upper body encircled by six concentric ribs below a flared rim, covered inside and out and on the base with a grayish-blue glaze suffused with an irregular network of crackle, base with restored drill hole through mark
11¼in. (28.5cm.) high
SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, QING DYNASTY
The neck and spreading upper body encircled by six concentric ribs below a flared rim, covered inside and out and on the base with a grayish-blue glaze suffused with an irregular network of crackle, base with restored drill hole through mark
11¼in. (28.5cm.) high