QIANLONG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FLAMBE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of compressed globular form below a tall, flaring neck, the vase covered with a glaze of crushed strawberry tone thinning to milky and purplish blue near the mouth, the interior covered with a crackled milky-blue glaze, the base covered with a pale café-au-lait glaze
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

A slightly smaller example, also with an incised Qianlong mark and of the period, is illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics - Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1986, pp. 20-1, fig. 3. Another example was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 1 May 2001, lot 519.

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