A FLAMBE-GLAZED LOBED VASE

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A FLAMBE-GLAZED LOBED VASE
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

The rounded baluster form of hexagonal section and rising from a spreading foot, joined by a flared neck terminating in a flat everted rim of flower-head form, covered in a rich, attractive streaked glaze of pale lavender-blue and purplish-red, glaze ground at foot rim - 7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Qianlong-marked examples similar to this vase are illustrated in the Baur Collection, vol. III, no. A291, in The Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum and in the Kan Chi Society Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1981, Catalogue no. 141