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A RARE MASSIVE GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE
- 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A RARE MASSIVE GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE
17TH/18TH CENTURY
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    $60,000 - $80,000

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Sale 2297
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
26 March 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





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A RARE MASSIVE GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Based on Song dynasty prototypes, the faceted body of rounded rectangular section raised on a molded pedestal foot pierced with a rectangular aperture on each of the narrow sides, with a double bow-string band encircling the upper body and interrupted by the pair of tubular handles, covered overall with a pale grey-blue glaze suffused with dark and light brown crackle
18 7/8 in. (48 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box

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Song dynasty stonewares, particularly the crackled wares of Ge, Guan and Ru type, were highly regarded by the Qing emperors, and this impressive vase embodies the archaism that was so enthusiastically sought by the Qing court. The shape of the vase is based upon ancient bronze vessels, while the glaze imitates the Guan wares made for the Southern Song court. A vase with a similar shape but larger in size (47.6 cm) and with a molded band of undulating scrollwork is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, pl. 81.

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