A TEADUST-GLAZED VASE, HU SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

the globular body rising smoothly to a wide cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of angular lug handles, all supported on a slightly flared foot, applied overall with a fine deep brownish-green glaze dusted with characteristic mottling, the base impressed with the six-character seal mark  

The overall condition is very good. The mark is very clearly impressed. The actual color is slightly less yellow and greener than in the catalogue illustration.
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It is rather unusual to find a pear-shaped form vase with lug handles in the teadust glaze.  The form harks back to the archaic bronze hu and the glaze imitates the green patination found on bronzes.  A flambé glazed Yongzheng marked vessel in the Palace Museum in Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 37, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 180. Teadust hu shaped vessels are more frequently found in the fang hu form seen in the example sold in these rooms 10th April 2006, lot 1631.