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A Rare Large Guan-Type Hu-Form Vase

YONGZHENG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A Rare Large Guan-Type Hu-Form Vase
Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period
Based on Song dynasty prototypes, the pear-shaped body of rounded rectangular section raised on a molded pedestal foot pierced with a narrow rectangular aperture on each of the narrow sides, with a double bowstring band encircling the upper body and another on the neck below the pair of tubular handles, covered overall with a pale grey-blue glaze suffused with dark and light brown crackle
17½in. (44.5cm.) high

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Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

The shape, glaze and size of this vase are based on a Song dynasty prototype such as the longquan example later inscribed with a poem by the Emperor Qianlong, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics: Sung Wares, Taiwan, 1991, vol. 2, p. 192.

A similar, but smaller (27.8cm.), Yongzheng-marked vase glazed in imitation of 'official kiln' ware (guanyao) was included in the exhibition, Chinese Ceramics of Eight Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1987, p. 68 (bottom). See, also, another similar, but smaller (27.9cm.) vase, glazed in imitation of geyao, also illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, vol. 5, p. 97 (right).

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