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AN EXTREMELY RARE GE-TYPE GLAZED
OCTAGONAL MOONFLASK
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The moonflask is sturdily potted with a flattened octagonal body
raised on a tapered foot and rising to a cylindrical neck flanked by
a pair of openwork archaistic handles. The vase is covered under
an even crackled Ge-type glaze.
19 ¿ in. (48.4 cm.) high
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
This vase appears to be unique, as there are no other Yongzheng-
marked crackled-glaze vases of this form recorded.
晾夳晵㬋㫦䚠栆☐⼊炻Ữ䁢曺剙⑩䧖炻╖刚慱攳䇯侭Ụ夳
㬌ἳ炻ㅱ䁢⬌⑩ˤ
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