A FINE AND RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU

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A FINE AND RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU
INCISED YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The ribbed pear-shaped body is applied with two taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, all under a characteristic thick and bright purple glaze with turquoise streaks thinning to brown over the extremities, the base washed in cafe-au-lait and splashed in celadon
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high, box, stand

Provenance

The Jingguantang Collection, sold in these Rooms, 3 November 1996, lot 564.

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, pl. 32.

Exhibited

Min Chiu Society Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, In Pursuit of Antiquities, Hong Kong, 1995/1996, Catalogue, pl. 137.

Lot Essay

Cf. several related flambe-glazed vases bearing Yongzheng marks, though none of this exact form, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, p. 278-281, pl. 107-110.

(US$64,000-77,000)

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