A RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED QUATREFOIL BEAKER VASE, HUAGU

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE FAMILY COLLECTION, KYOTO

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A RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED QUATREFOIL BEAKER VASE, HUAGU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The foliate lobed vase sturdily potted with a widely flaring trumpet mouth neck above a central knop and spreading foot, covered with an unctuous raspberry-red glaze streaked in purple and lavender-blue thinning to beige on the extremities, the interior with a pale blue glaze and the base glazed brown
10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm.) high, box, stand

Provenance

Acquired by the current vendor in Japan in the 1950's

Lot Essay

Compare with other flambe-glazed beaker vases of this type, one in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, col. pl. 278; and another sold in our London Rooms, 7 June 2004, lot 133.

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