A GUAN-TYPE MALLET VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
The body tapering very slightly towards the foot from the canted shoulder, with a cylindrical neck flanked by stylised ruyi handles, covered inside and out with a greyish-blue crackled glaze in imitation of Guan wares ending at the edge of the foot rim, the base similarly glazed
6 7/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
A GUAN-TYPE MALLET VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
The body tapering very slightly towards the foot from the canted shoulder, with a cylindrical neck flanked by stylised ruyi handles, covered inside and out with a greyish-blue crackled glaze in imitation of Guan wares ending at the edge of the foot rim, the base similarly glazed
6 7/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high