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A FINE AND RARE LARGE RU-TYPE VASE, FANGHU

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

The pear shaped body of rectangular section is moulded to the front and back with a slightly
raised peach-shape panel, the rounded corners rising from a short straight foot, the neck flanked
with two tubular handles, applied overall with a slightly crackled thick unctuous glaze of
even pale grey colour with a slightly blue tinge, the neatly cut, unglazed foot ring with a dark
purplish-brown dressing.
16 Ω in. (42 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000

PROVENANCE

Japanese private collection, Kyoto, acquired from Inouye Ryukodo, Osaka, in the 1930s
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1805

It is extremely rare to find vases of this form in such a large size. Compare with three other Ru-type
vases of this form but of smaller sizes, one (38.5 cm.) sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot
1364; another one (24.2 cm.) sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2004, lot 241; and the other of a

more typical size (14.8 cm.) sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 698.

清乾隆 仿汝釉杏圓貫耳壺 六字篆書款

來源
日本私人珍藏，京都，於1930年代購自大阪井上柳湖堂
香港佳士得，2008年5月27日，拍品1805號

一般所見之乾隆仿汝釉杏圓貫耳壺尺寸較小，如此巨制之例相當罕見。可比較其他三例乾隆朝仿汝釉杏
圓貫耳壺，其一（38.5 公分）於香港佳士得拍賣，2006 年 5 月 30 號，拍品 1364 號；其二（24.2 公分）
於紐約佳士得拍賣，2004 年 3 月 24 日，拍品 241 號；其三為一般較多常見之尺寸（14.8 公分），於香
港佳士得拍賣，2003 年 10 月 27 日，拍品 698 號。

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