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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION A flambé-glazed hu of the same form, also with a Qianlong
A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU seal mark and of the period, in the Capital Museum, Beijing,
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG is illustrated in Beauty of Ceramics. Gems of the Official Kilns,
Taipei, 1993, pl. 146; another in The Tsui Museum of Art.
the compressed pear-shaped body sweeping up to a quatrefoil Chinese Ceramics IV: Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 47;
rim, the neck flanked by a pair of angular lug handles, moulded and a third in J.J. Marquet de Vasselot and M.J. Ballot, The
on each side with a peach-shaped panel, covered overall with Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, Paris, 1922, pl. 35 top. See
a lustrous glaze of purplish-red streaked with lavender-blue, also a similar vase from the collection of Sakamoto Gorō, sold
the base with a pale brown wash incised with a six-character in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3509.
seal mark
29.8 cm, 11¾ in.

HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,700-52,000

清乾隆 窰變釉杏圓貫耳方壺
《大清乾隆年製》款

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 清雍正 紅釉盌一對
A PAIR OF COPPER-RED GLAZED BOWLS 《大清雍正年製》款
MARKS AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
來源：
each of almost conical form rising from a short foot to a gently
flaring rim, the exterior covered with a rich deep red glaze, the 葛提尼氏（Claudio Cortini）收藏，1928-1931年間出任
interior and base left white, inscribed to the base with a six- 駐北京意大利全權公使，1930年10月30日購自中國教士
character reign mark in underglaze blue 張式如（發票）
15.4 cm, 6 in.
大成古玩，香港，1996年4月22日
PROVENANCE
Collection of Claudio Cortini, secretary of Italian Legation in
Beijing during 1928-1931, acquired from Agostino Chang, 30th
October 1930 (receipt).
Tai Sing Co., Hong Kong, 22nd April 1996.

HK$ 250,000-300,000
US$ 32,200-38,700

For similar examples, see two sold in these rooms, 9th
November 1982, lot 242, and 5th June 2020, lot 517; and
another from the estate of Charles Harrison McClintick, sold at
Christie’s New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 315. See also one
with slightly rounder sides, illustrated in Catalogue of a Special
Exhibition of Ch’ing-Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 11.
Marks Mark