Lot description
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE CELADON-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The vase is well potted in baluster form with an angular sloping shoulder rising to a broad waisted neck surmounted by a galleried rim. It is finely moulded and carved all around with five registers of archaistic scrollwork, the central frieze with an undulating band filled with formal ring and hook motifs, between bands of stylised dragons, and with lappet borders at the extreme ends. It is covered with an even glaze of soft sea-green tone. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.) high, stand, Japanese wood box
