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A FINE AND VERY RARE GUAN-TYPE ᪺㢫᢬ Ͳ೚㕳Վᛉㆼ⡪⁅ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
HEXAGONAL VASE, HU
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE Ϝᬜ
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
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The vase is of compressed hexagonal section, the body with a 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
prominent shoulder rising to a waisted neck with slightly lipped
rim, the neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles, all supported ൢ⿪
on a high flared foot, covered overall in a greyish-blue glaze with
ྒྷԋਦᝯ卿Ƕែᰑऒ⧻ワཿ㈊எ㢙Ƿ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ
fine-crackling.
⽚
18q in. (47 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
जᬘ㖅ݦ։ऱ㯸㫇᫈֎໶㞏ݪᣥ≡卿Ӭ։ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥
HK$2,400,000-3,500,000 US$310,000-450,000
ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎औӬ։ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿
PROVENANCE ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
A Japanese private collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3058

EXHIBITED:
Yamanaka Shokai, Asian Arts and Antiques Exhibition, Tokyo,
1939, illustrated in the Catalogue, fig. 164
Although vases of this form decorated in blue and white, as well
as crackle glazes, are well known in the Qianlong period, there are
relatively few extant examples from the Yongzheng reign. Two other
hu-shaped vases of this type were sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26
April 2004, lot 1052; and 28 November 2005, lot 1316.
Compare the form with a smaller Yongzheng-marked blue and white
example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Blue-and-
White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book 1, Hong Kong, 1968, pp. 77-88,
pls. 6, 6a & 6b.

Yamanaka Shokai, Asian Arts and Antiques Exhibition, 1939, Tokyo
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