A CHINESE IMPERIAL GUAN-TYPE FANGHU-SHAPED VASE

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Of rectangular section, the pear-shaped body moulded with large peaches to the two larger facets, all covered in a pale grey-green glaze with dark crackles, the base with the reign mark in underglaze blue, together with a wood stand carved with ruyi-shaped feet, 31cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, probably acquired in the 19th or early 20th century, and thence by descent.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, p.227, no.205 for a related fanghu from the Yongzheng period; see also Christie's Paris, 12th December 2018, lot 157 for a similar Qianlong vase; see also Sotheby's New York, 11th September 2012, lot 54 for a smaller example.