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四 47. Imperial ge-type octagonal lobed brushwasher with lipped rim on three short feet, covered in an even grey-crackled glaze
十 extending over the interior and base, the feet dressed in brown.
七 21.3cm diameter.

The underside with six-character sealmark of Qianlong in underglaze blue and of the period, 1736-1795.
御 Fitted double Japanese wood box.
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仿 • Formerly in the Endoh collection, Tokyo, Japan (by repute).
哥 • A similar example was sold by Sotheby’s New York in their auction of Important Chinese Ceramics from the J.M. Hu
釉 Family Collection, 4th June 1985, no.65; and was later illustrated by Rosemary E. Scott in the exhibition of Important
三 Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, Christie’s London, 2nd-14th June 1993, no. 62, pp. 136/7, and
足 sold again by Christie’s Hong Kong in their auction of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Imperial Wares from the Robert
洗 Chang Collection, 2nd November 1999, no. 517.

• A guan-type example is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume II,
清 no. 1801, pp. 350/1.
乾 • A ru-type example from the collection of Nelson Elliot Bunker was included by Marchant in their exhibition of
隆 Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, 1996, no. 32, pp. 50/1.

• The brown dressed feet are in veneration of the Song dynasty prototype.
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