A FINE AND RARE LARGE FLAMBE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
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A FINE AND RARE LARGE FLAMBE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE

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A FINE AND RARE LARGE FLAMBE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Strongly potted with a rounded elongated body rising gradually to a slender cylindrical neck, applied overall with a deep purplish-red glaze enriched with splashes of lavender and blue, the glaze on the mouth rim and interior of the neck thinning to a soft mushroom-brown tone, and the base with a mottled brown and celadon glaze
18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm.) high, stand, box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection

Lot Essay

The present vase is large and impressive, and appears to be slightly taller than a few other published Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed vases of this shape. An example was included in the exhibition Qing Imperial Porcelain, Nanjing Museum and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 64; one is illustrated by M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1986, pl. 210; one from the collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, was included in the O. C. S. exhibition, Monochrome Porcelain, London, 1948, no. 94; and another was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 2000, lot 390.

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