Vase en porcelaine à glaçure de type Guan, Fanghu Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Yongzheng (1723-1735)

de section quadrangulaire, le pied évasé, le col orné de deux bandes moulées en très léger relief et agrémenté de deux anses tubulaires, recouvert d'une belle glaçure gris-bleutée rehaussée de fines craquelures

Porte une étiquette de la collection du Dr. Hugh Shire et une autre de la collection Gure.

Good overall condition with minor firing faults to the body ; two labels under the base ; slightly greener than the catalogue illustration.
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See a similar vase from Yongzheng period illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 205