A FLAMBE-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, XUANTONG MARK AND PERIOD

A FLAMBE-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE

XUANTONG MARK AND PERIOD

清宣統 窰變釉螭龍耳八方瓶 《大清宣統年製》款

robustly potted, rising from a splayed pedestal foot to a flared rim, with canted and notched corners and flanked by sinuous chilong handles, covered overall with a rich copper-red glaze suffused with fine crackle, the body and handles transmuting to lavender and white mottled highlights, the base incised with a six-character Xuantong mark

Height 16½ in., 42 cm