清乾隆 窰變釉「杏圓」貫耳方壺 《大清乾隆年製》款

of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of rectangular section rising from a splayed foot to a quatrefoil rim, set at the shoulder with a pair of square lug handles and molded to the front and back with a raised peach-form panel, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of crushed-raspberries tone with broad purple and lavender streaks, thinning to a clear buff colour at the rim and along the edges, the base incised with a six-character seal mark and further applied with a golden-brown glaze

The vase is in good condition with only a few expected flakes to the flambe glaze around the knife-cut footring. The base of the interior has a firing crack around the perimeter but is not visible on the exterior.
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