A rare guan-type altar vessel, fu, Yongzheng seal mark and period. Photo Sotheby's
of rectangular section, the wide flaring sides rising from a spreading foot cut with an arched aperture in the centre of each side, set on one side with a loop handle issuing from animal mask, covered overall in a crackled greyish-blue glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark; 16.8cm., 6 5/8 in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000. Lot Sold: 62,500 GBP
PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s London, 7th June 1988, lot 326
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