A transmutation red glazed fanghu


Guangxu six-character mark and of the periodOf rectangular section with indented corners to the rim and neck, a pair of rectangular lug handles, the body flaring outward above a tall foot and molded with raised peaches on the opposing faces, the scarlet glaze layer streaked with lines of dark blue down the four corners of the body and the faces of the handles, stopping along the unglazed foot and deeply recessed base where the mark is impressed in standard script.11 3/4in (30cm) high
|ProvenanceExport permit from the People's Republic of China (Wenwu chukou texu zheng from the Guojia Wenwu Shiye Guanli Ju Wenwu Jianding Weiyuan Hui), dated 4 January 1980 For a vase in the Imperial collections, also with an impressed Guangxu six-character mark, but shorter in size (25.8cm high), see Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji: Zhongguo Taoci Quanji (Complete Series on Chinese Fine Art Categories: Chinese Ceramics Series): vol. 15, Qing, part 2, 2000, pl. 218 and p. 305.A transmutation red glazed fanghu of identical size (11 3/4in [30cm)), with the same impressed six-character mark on the unglazed base, and of the period, was sold at Bonhams, San Francisco on 23 June 2015, lot 7285. See also the flambé red glazed vase of slightly larger size (12in [30.5cm] high), also with an impressed Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, sold at Christie's, London, on 6 November 2012, lot 209.