A FLAMBE-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING

based on the archaic bronze form, the body of rectangular section swelling around the middle and tapering at the neck, moulded on each side with a slightly raised circle, the neck flanked by a pair of rectangular lug handles, covered overall in a solferino coloured glaze thinning at the edges and pooling in the furrows, with milky sky-blue drizzling down the shoulders, the base inscribed with the six-character reign mark beneath a brown glaze

A Private Japanese Collection.

There are four shallow chips to the base of the foot, but otherwise the vase is in good condition overall.
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