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

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED FACETED HU-FORM VASE, FANGHU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of rectangular section with indented corners on the neck which is flanked by a pair of rectangular lug handles, the vase is molded on each main side with a peach-shaped cartouche, and is covered overall with an unctuous glaze of dark red tone streaked with lavender and turquoise, thinning to beige at the rim and on the lobed edges and handles. The base is covered with a pale brown wash.
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A flambé-glazed vase of this form with a Qianlong seal mark is illustrated by de Vasselot and Ballot, The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, 1922, vol. II, pl. 35.
Another Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed hu-form vase of similar height (12 in.) was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 26 April 2004, lot 1058.

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