Lot 454. An unusual 'guan'-type vase, Yongzheng seal mark and period. Height 4 1/8 in., 10.3 cm. Estimation 100,000 — 120,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's

of hexagonal section and broad gu-shape, the compressed central bulb set with a wide trumpet mouth, standing on a splayed pedestal foot, covered overall with a pale grayish glaze suffused with a fine crackle, the footrim with a brown wash, six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Provenance: Japanese collection.

A vase of almost identical size and shape in the Palace Museum is illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi, Vol. II, Beijing, 2005, p. 320, no. 146.

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