Vase en porcelaine céladon craquelé de type guan, Cong Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

de forme quadrangulaire, reposant sur un court pied évasé, à décor moulé en relief de trigrammes, une des faces percée de quatre trous dans sa partie haute, le vase et la base recouverts d'une riche couverte céladon gris beige parcourue d'un fin réseau de craquelures noir et brun, marque Qianlong à six caractères en cachet en bleu sous couverte à la base

A shallow chip outside the footrim (approx. 1 x 0,5 cm), an original 4mm burst air bubble at one of the angle, two others (2 and 3 mm) to the upper edge near the corners, a few other minor firing flaws on the upper edges and mouth rim. The colour is a fraction more darker and more greyish celadon, less beige, than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue. The crackles are of two different colours.
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Compare a similar vase from the Carl Kempe Collection, illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 209, sold in these rooms, 12^th June 2008, lot 123.