A FINE AND VERY RARE TEADUST-GLAZED VASE
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF PERIOD (1736-1795)
The compressed pear-shaped body rising to a slightly waisted neck flanked by a pair of angular handles with long tabs, supported on a slightly flared foot, covered overall in a viscous glaze of characteristic rich-green tone
8 in. (20 cm.) high, stand, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner s grandfather in China in the 1920's
Lot Essay
Another vase of this rare shape and period was sold at Sotheby's London, 17 November 1999, lot 775.