A Crackle-Glazed Cong-Form Vase

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A Crackle-Glazed Cong-Form Vase
Qianlong Seal Mark in Underglaze Blue and of the Period
Made in imitation of guan ware, the sides molded with two vertical rows of trigrams, all under a pale greyish-blue glaze suffused with dark grey crackle repeated inside the pedestal foot, the underside of the foot covered with a brown dressing
11in. (27.9cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

A similar vase also with Qianlong seal mark was included in the exhibition, Chinese Ceramics of Eight Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1987, p. 75. The shape and glaze of this vase are based on Song guanyao prototypes, such as the vase illustrated in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 1993, p. 297 (bottom right).

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