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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED FACETED HU-FORM
VASE, FANGHU
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of rectangular section with indented corners on the
neck which is fanked by a pair of rectangular lug
handles, the vase is molded on each main side with a
peach-shaped cartouche, and is covered overall with an
unctuous glaze of dark red tone streaked with lavender
and turquoise, thinning to beige at the rim and on the
lobed edges and handles. The base is covered with a
pale brown wash.
11¬ in. (29.5 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000
A fambé-glazed vase of this form with a Qianlong
seal mark is illustrated by de Vasselot and Ballot, The
Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, 1922, vol. II, pl. 35.
Another Qianlong-marked fambé-glazed hu-form
vase of similar height (12 in.) was sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 26 April 2004, lot 1058.
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