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A RARE RU-TYPE GLAZED VASE ᪺̗㡳 Ͳᥧ㕳⁅ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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The vase is potted with a slender ovoid body rising to a narrow 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
waisted neck and a flaring mouth rim, supported on a spreading
foot, applied overall with a soft bluish grey glaze suffused with जᬘ㖅ݦ։଍ᆨ⏟ऱ⎏֎໶㞏Գ㪏≡卿Ӭ։ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ
a wide network of fine pale brown crackles, the foot ring with a צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ "厎Ӭ։㖊ᙻ .JOP ࣿ 3PCJOTPO ⶬ卿Ƕ#FBVUZ
brown wash. BOE 5SBORVJMJUZ 5IF &MJ -JMMZ $PMMFDUJPO PG $IJOFTF "SUǷ卿㮰 卿எ
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, box ǯՔजࣻ⩠⇧೥㷿᭄Ⅷ⻦Ӭ։ऱ଍ᆨ⎏Գ㪏㬪㞏≡卿㖊ᙻ ჺᚚ
ݤ≖߅‸卿+ "ZFST ⶬǶ5IF #BVS $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿எ " ǯ
HK$800,000-1,500,000 US$110,000-190,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1582
Vases of this form with guan-type glazes are known, including one
in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, illustrated by Mino and Robinson,
Beauty and Tranquility, The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, p. 340,
fig. 20; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot
722A. Compare also a related Qianlong vase covered in a pale celadon
glaze, illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1974,
no. A380.

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