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

Vases of this form with guan-type glazes are known, including one in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, illustrated by Mino and Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility, The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, p. 340, no. 20; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 722A. Compare also a related Qianlong vase covered in a pale celadon glaze, illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1974, no. A380.