QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A GUAN-TYPE BRUSH WASHER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is skilfully potted with a compressed body supported on a short tapered foot, applied overall with a pale Guan-type glaze of greyish-celadon tone suffused with faint crackles.
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare this brush washer with other 18th century scholar's objects also decorated with a Guan-type glaze, such as a brush washer and a brush rest in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Through the Prism of the Past: Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th to 18th Century, Taipei, 2003, nos. I-07 and I-09.

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