A RARE RU-TYPE FACETED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tapered square body with canted corners, with a slightly waisted neck and flared foot of conforming section, covered overall in a lightly crackled glaze of characteristic bluish-grey tone
13 1/4 in. (33.5 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese collection
Lot Essay
Compare with another ru-type vase of this form and date published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics, II, 1990, no. 721, from the collection of Hirota Matsushige.