A SMALL ROBIN'S-EGG-GLAZED VASE, FANG HU

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A SMALL ROBIN'S-EGG-GLAZED VASE, FANG HU
19TH CENTURY

The ridged square foot forming the four sides raising to a bulbous shoulder, narrowing sharply at the neck and continuing with a trumpet neck, flanked at each side with elephant-handles, decorated with short flanges dividing the body and at the sides, the recessed foot glazed
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high, wood stand

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One of the most colourful Qing glazes developed in the 18th century deriving its colour from copper and arsenic, the present example combines both innovative glaze technique with interests in fang gu, by its retrospective use of an archaic bronze shape including mimicking the flanges.

(US$4,000-5,000)

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