A ROBIN'S-EGG-GLAZED HU-FORM VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A ROBIN'S-EGG-GLAZED HU-FORM VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of pear-shaped form, the well potted vase is raised on a slightly splayed foot, and moulded with a bow-string band at the base of the neck which continues under the elephant-head loop handles, covered overall with a mottled opaque glaze of turquoise and purplish-blue tone that continues over the mouth rim and also covers the base.
11 1/4 in. (31 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collector, acquired before 1940

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Lot Essay

For a robin's egg-glazed hu-form vase with elephant-head loop handles dated to the Qianglong period in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, see I.L. Legaza, A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm Macdonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1972, pl. XCIII, no. 257.

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