Lot 873. A flambé-glazed 'pomegranate' vase, Qianlong incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 68,750. © Christie's 2021

The hexalobed vase with conforming neck and everted rim, is raised on a low spreading foot and covered overall with a glaze of crushed strawberry-red color streaked with purple and milky blue that runs between the lobes. The rim and interior are covered with a pale blue glaze.

Provenance: Kochukyo, Tokyo.

Note: Flambé-glazed ‘pomegranate’ vases of this type include one illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva - Chinese Ceramics, vol. III, no. A291; one illustrated in Ming and Qing Ceramics and Works of Art from the Osaka Museum, p. 46, fig. 209; one illustrated by Liu Liang-Yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, vol. 5, p. 207; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7 July 2003, lot 692.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 23-24 september 2021