CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À SIX CARACTÈRES EN CACHET EN CREUX ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Compare with other flambé-glazed gu-shaped vases of this type, including one in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, col. pl. 278. Another example, also bearing an incised Qianlong mark, is in the Zhuyuetang Collection and published in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 259, no. 177. See also a related beaker vase from the collection of the late Professor E. T. Hall, C.B.E., sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 133.