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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, HU
JIAQING INCISED SIX-CHARACTER
SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The vase is decorated with two open rectangular-
form handles to the neck and is moulded on
each side with a large peach-shaped panel. It
is covered in a vibrant purplish-red glaze with
bright turquoise and beige streaks thinning at the
extremities to reveal a crackle-glazed ground. The
base is covered in a café-au-lait glaze.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 $8,500-11,000
€6,900-9,200

Compare an almost identical hu vase sold at
Christie’s London, 13 May 2016, lot 770.

清嘉慶 窯變釉貫耳方壺 六字篆書款

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