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

An identical blue and white hu-form vase was included in the exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2 November 1984 - 6 January 1985, no. 63. See, also, another identical vase sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1907, and a further example, also sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1480. Another hu-shaped vase of this design, but potted with an upright rather than flared mouth rim, is illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book 1, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1968, pl. 3.