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3105 楁㷗喯⭴㭼炻2005⸜5㚰2㖍炻㉵⑩686嘇

A VERY RARE LARGE GUAN-TYPE GLAZED ⣏⯢⮠屓俛䨧ⷞ㕡⢢炻☐⼊⎌㧠⢗䡑炻晬㷦䨑‍ˤ忂橼ℏ⢾
VASE, FANGHU 㺧㕥ầ⭀慱炻慱㯩偍⍂炻攳䇯䔷⭮⼿䔞炻Ⰼ㫉寸⭴ˤ⚰嵛ℑ
“䔁㚱攟㕡⼊䨧⫼炻䓐ẍ䨧ⷞ⚢⭂㕤㟴朊ᷳ䓐炻⸽悐曺剙ℕ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ⫿Ḧ昮㖑㛇䭮㚠㫦ˤ
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
☐⼊⍲攳䇯刚㽌冯⎘⊿㓭⭖㇨啷㶭⭖㧁嬀ᾖℏ⎠⭀䩗屓俛䨧
The vase is sturdily potted in the form of fanghu with a pair of lug ⷞ㕡⢢䚠栆炻⍫夳˪⬳⭀䩗䈡⯽˫炻⎘⊿炻1989⸜炻枩55炻
handles flanking the neck, each side of the foot with a rectangular ⚾11ˤ☐⸽ℕ⫿Ḧ昮䭮㚠㫦炻䁢Ḧ昮Ḵ⸜⋩㚰㓡㫦⺷ᷳ⇵㇨
aperture, covered overall with an even widely crackled pale grey 䓐ᷳ㖑㛇㫦ˤ˪㶭㨼˫姀庱烉Ḧ昮Ḵ⸜⋩㚰ˬ⋩ℕ㖍炻⎠⹓
glaze with the exception of the underside of the foot dressed in ∱Ⱉᷭˣᶫ⑩椾柀啑㛐⑰Ἦ婒⣒䚋㮃⛀ˣ傉ᶾ‹ˣ檀䌱Ṍ䭮
brown. ⫿㫦䳁㲳ᶨ⻝ ⁛烉ẍ⼴䅺忈⮲ˣ䒞ˣ仸ˣ䚌ˣ揀ˣ䠿ˣ䡇
19 º in. (48.7 cm.) high, Japanese wood box 䡩☐䫱炻ᾙ䄏㬌䭮⫿㫦⺷庽慵ㆸ忈ˤ㫥㬌ˤ˭

HK$3,500,000-4,500,000 US$460,000-580,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot 686

The present vase is closely modelled after its Southern Song period
prototype, such as an example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Kuan
Ware, Taipei, 1989, p. 55, no. 11.

The archaistic curvilinear style of the mark on the present vase
suggests that it was made during the early Qianlong reign, very likely
prior to the 2nd year of the reign (1737), when regular seal marks were
introduced. After 1737, it appears that the potters may have continued
to use archaistic marks because according to an imperial edict of 21st
day of the 12th month, the emperor re-affirmed his preference for the
use of regular seal marks. For another vase bearing the same style of
mark, see a blue and white ‘dragon’ hu-shaped vase sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3128, and for discussion, on this unusual
archaistic mark.

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