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

Although vases of this form decorated in blue and white, as well as crackle glazes, are well known in the Qianlong period, there are relatively few extant examples from the Yongzheng reign. Two other hu-shaped vases of this type were sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 1052; and 28 November 2005, lot 1316. Compare the form with a smaller Yongzheng-marked blue and white example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book I, Hong Kong, 1968, pp. 77-88, pls. 6, 6a & 6b.