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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG | 清乾隆 窰變釉杏圓貫耳方壺 《大清乾隆年製》款
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
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300,000 - 400,000 HKD
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Property from an Important Asian Private Collection
A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
亞洲重要私人收藏
清乾隆 窰變釉杏圓貫耳方壺 《大清乾隆年製》款
the compressed pear-shaped body sweeping up to a quatrefoil rim, the neck flanked by a pair of angular lug handles, moulded on each side with a peach-shaped panel, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of purplish-red streaked with lavender-blue, the base with a pale brown wash incised with a six-character seal mark
29.8 cm, 11 ¾ in.
A flambé-glazed hu of the same form, also with a Qianlong seal mark and of the period, in the Capital Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Beauty of Ceramics. Gems of the Official Kilns, Taipei, 1993, pl. 146; another in The Tsui Museum of Art. Chinese Ceramics IV: Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 47; and a third in J.J. Marquet de Vasselot and M.J. Ballot, The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, Paris, 1922, pl. 35 top. See also a similar vase from the collection of Sakamoto Gorō, sold in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3509.