A CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE

A CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

The globular body rising to a flared neck, covered in a rich mottled glaze of purple, crimson, and lavender tones, raised on a high foot, the base with a seal mark incised beneath a mottled glaze, the neck reduced, 33.5cm.

清乾隆 窯變釉瓶
《大清乾隆年製》

A similar Qianlong vase is illustrated by R Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 4 (II), no.1812, pp.366-367. Another related flambé vase from the Salting Bequest at the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R Kerr in Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, col. pl.3, pp.20-21. See also Bonhams, London, 6th November 2014, lot 17 for a similar vase from the Roy Davids Collection also purchased from Marchant.