Adam's Fine Asian Art Preview 23 November 2021

36 A MONOCHROME FLAMBE / TRANSMUTATION GLAZED PORCELAIN BALUSTER TWO-HANLDED VASE CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG INCISED MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD Of urn form and raised on a spreading foot, with a bow-string border below the shoulder and a pair of trailing scroll handles flanking the neck, the exterior covered with a glaze of crushed red color streaked in purple and milky blue and thinning to mushroom on the handles. €1,000 - 2,000 NOTES: 1. Flambé glazes derive from the Jun wares of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), a glaze that was first revived during the Yongzheng period and remained popular throughout the Qing Dynasty. 2. Compare a closely related flambé-glazed vase, also with an incised six character Qianlong mark and of the peri- od, at Sotheby’s New York, The United States of America, in "Important Chinese Art" on 2018/03/21, lot 538, sold for USD162.500 BP incl., and another, also described as Imperial, at Christie’s New York in "The Marie Theresa L. Virata Collection of Asian Art: A Family Legacy" on 2017/03/16, lot 614, sold for USD223.500 BP incl.