AN IRON-BROWN SPLASHED CELADON VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

of baluster shape and rectangular section, the neck flanked by animal-shaped loop handles, covered with a sea-green glaze diagonally splashed with iron-brown to suggest inclusions in hardstone, the four-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th November 1981, lot 711.
The Goldschmidt Collection of Qing Imperial Porcelain, Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13th November 1990, lot 61.

There is a shallow chip to the glaze on the shoulder and a small chip to the foot rim, otherwise the vase is in good condition.
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