QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A GE-TYPE GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is of rectangular section and is moulded in low relief with a peach design on the front and reverse, and is flanked on both sides with lug-handles. The vase is covered overall with a greyish-blue glaze suffused with black and golden crackles, with the exception of the foot rim, which is applied with a chocolate-brown wash.
12 1/3 in. (31.4 cm.) high, wood stand, double Japanese wood box

Provenance

Konoe Family, by repute
Mr. Kahe Tsuchihashi, Kyoto
A Japanese private collection, Kyoto, since the 1950s

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Konoe Family, by repute
Mr. Kahe Tsuchihashi, Kyoto
A Japanese private collection, Kyoto, since the 1950s

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Lot Essay

Archaism as a major theme in the crafts of the Qing dynasty, is represented two-fold on the present lot. The fanghu shape is derived from early bronze wares of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, while the glaze is an imitation of the Southern Song dynasty Ge glaze. Compare the present vase with its Song prototype, a small Guan vase with canted corners in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, Japan, 1981, vol. 9, Japan, 1987, no. 960; and another sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1513.

Compare also to a Qianlong fanghu-shaped Ge-type vase, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, no. 960.

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