A SANG-DE-BOEUF PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A SANG-DE-BOEUF PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Of characteristic globular shape resting on a slightly spreading foot and rising to a narrowly waisted neck below the flaring trumpet mouth, the exterior covered over all with an iron-red glaze ranging from a lightly-flecked liver colour at the neck to a full even red at the lower half and a thick greyish-red at the base, the neck restored
12½in. (31.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar vase, bearing a Qianlong mark and of the period, is in the Tokyo National Museum, and was exhibited, Chinese Ceramics, Catalogue, fig.660. Compare also the Daoguang mark and period example in the Baur Collection, Catalogue, vol.III, no.A 297

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