YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

It is very rare to find guan-type glazed vases of this shape and size, although comparable vases with ge-type glaze are known. Compare a ge-type example sold AT Christie's London, 15 July 1981, lot 45, and illustrated by A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History, London, 1984, p. 218, no. 1; and another, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 707. Compare also a large Yongzheng-marked ge-type vase of archaic hu shape included in the exhibition, Qingdai Danse You Ciqi, 'Qing Dynasty Monochrome Wares', National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the catalogue, 1981, p. 139, no. 82.
A Ge-type moonflask of the same form was sold in Christies Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3274.