A GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE
Lot 852

A GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE

CHINA, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Closed24 September 2020

Price Realised

USD 118,750

More Information

Conditions of Sale
How to sell

A GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Well-potted with pear-shaped body tapering to a broad cylindrical neck, flanked by a pair of animal-head handles, covered overall with a greyish-blue glaze suffused with a clear crackle, the foot rim covered with a brown dressing
7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high

C. T. Loo Chinese Art (successor Frank Caro), New York, 14 April 1958.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

Specialist note


For a discussion of Guan-type hu-form vases from the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, see lot 818.