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A TEADUST-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of faceted pear shape, the vase is molded in low relief on the two broad sides with large
peach-shaped panels and the neck with indented corners is fanked by a pair of rectangular lug
handles. The vase is covered overall in an even olive-green glaze with fne gold speckling which
also covers the base surrounding the mark which is covered with a brown glaze, and the foot is
covered with a blackish-brown wash.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
$120,000-180,000
(mark)
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1631.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.
During the Qianlong period, vases of this shape were made with various monochrome glazes.
Some of the other monochrome glazes include a Ge-type glaze, as seen on a vase illustrated
in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, no. 960; a fambé glaze found on
two vases sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2279 and 1 June 2011, lot 3716; and
a Ru-type glaze on a larger vase (16Ω in. high), also sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017,
lot 3203. A teadust-glazed vase of this form and of comparable size (12¿ in. high) was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3708.
清乾隆 茶葉末釉杏圓貫耳方壺式瓶 六字篆書刻款

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