Vase en porcelaine émaillée flambée, fanghu, Chine, dynastie Qing, Marque incisée à six caractères en cachet et époque Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate €25,000 – €40,000 ($28,098 - $44,956). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The vase is well potted with a peach-shaped panel on each side, and is flanked by a pair of lug handles on the neck. The vase is covered with a thick glaze of bright reddish-purple tone streaked in pale milky blue and areas of creamy tones. The base is covered with a yellowish-brown glaze which covers the reign mark; small chips. 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

Provenance: Acquired by a Belgian diplomat whilst in Beijing between 1922-1926, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Notes: A flambé-glazed vase of this form with a Qianlong seal mark is illustrated by J.J. Marquet de Vasselot and M.J. Ballot,The Louvre Museum: Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, 1922, pl. 35. Compare to another Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed fanghu-form vase of similar height sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 1058, and another at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 521. 

A FLAMBE-GLAZED SQUARE VASE, FANGHU, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

 Christie's. ART D'ASIE, 9 June 2015, Paris