A TEADUST-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU

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

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A TEADUST-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of faceted pear shape, the vase is molded in low relief on the two broad sides with large peach-shaped panels and the neck with indented corners is flanked by a pair of rectangular lug handles. The vase is covered overall in an even olive-green glaze with fine gold speckling which also covers the base surrounding the mark which is covered with a brown glaze, and the foot is covered with a blackish-brown wash.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1631.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

Lot Essay

During the Qianlong period, vases of this shape were made with various monochrome glazes. Some of the other monochrome glazes include a Ge-type glaze, as seen on a vase illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, no. 960; a flambé glaze found on two vases sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2279 and 1 June 2011, lot 3716; and a Ru-type glaze on a larger vase (16 ½ in. high), also sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3203. A teadust-glazed vase of this form and of comparable size (12 1/8 in. high) sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3708.

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