INCISED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
Incised Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-95)
The exterior covered with a thick glaze of bright reddish-purple tone streaked in pale milky blue and broad areas of milky mushroom tone on the handles, indented corners and interior of the neck, the interior of the foot covered with a mottled pale greyish-celadon and yellowish-brown glaze which covers the reign mark
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The Tsui Museum of Art; Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 47.

A similar fanghu bearing a Qianlong seal mark is illustrated by de Vasselot and Ballot, The Louvre Museum, Chinese Ceramics, Paris, 1922, pl. 35; and another unmarked example of slightly smaller size (12 in.) in the collection of W.T. Walters, is illustrated by S.W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, New York, 1980 reprint, col. pl. XLVI, where on p. 383 it is noted that the glaze under the foot is yellow.

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