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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED FANGHU-FORM VASE 清̖隆ǎ⒋ㅌ釉貫耳方瓶ǎՍ字篆書ח款
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795) Ϝ源
秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
Of rectangular section with indented corners on the neck, which is flanked 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
purple tone streaked with lavender and turquoise, thinning to beige at the lobed
edges and handles. The base is covered with a brown wash.
11æ in. (29.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$40,000-60,000

(mark)
PROVENANCE:
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
A flambé-glazed vase of this form with a Qianlong seal mark is illustrated by J.
J. Marquet de Vasselot and M.-J. Ballot, The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics,
vol. II, Paris, 1922, pl. 35. Another Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed hu-form vase
of similar height (11 5/8 in.) was sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008,
lot 521.

(with box)

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