A COPPER-RED GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

superbly potted with an exaggerated pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a subtle horizontal fillet around the shoulder, sweeping up to a tall cylindrical neck flaring towards the rim, applied to the exterior with a translucent copper-red glaze of rich crushed strawberry tone suffused with a network of fine crackle, thinning to a rosy-pink colour just below the rim and darkening to a liver-red tone as it pools around the foot, the interior and base left white, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Christie's London, 16th December 1981, lot 68.

The vase is in very good condition with only faint crackles to the glaze which is original to the firing and minor surface scratches.
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It is rare to find a copper-red vase of this attractive compressed form. Another example from the Park Mc Cullough house association was sold at Christie's New York, 22nd March 2007, lot 412.