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A FINE AND RARE GUAN-TYPE VASE, HU
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

清雍正 仿官釉鳩耳尊

《大清雍正年製》款

of archaistic hu form, well potted with a bulbous pear-shaped
body elegantly rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck
and gently flaring rim, set with two stylised turtledove-shaped
loop handles (jiu) suspending mock rings interrupted by a
subtle thin raised fillet bordering the neck, covered overall
save for the unglazed footring with a pale caesius-coloured
glaze suffused with a fine matrix of colourless and russet
crackles, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
character seal mark, wood stand
19.7 cm, 7¾ in.

HK$ 1,500,000-1,800,000
US$ 192,000-230,000

Mark