A FINE AND RARE GE-TYPE LOBED VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

of quatrefoil section, well potted with a flattened body elegantly rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck gently flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of stylised dragon handles, covered overall save for the footring with a greyish glaze suffused with a dense network of ‘iron-wire’ and golden crackles stopping neatly above the foot revealing the brown-dressed unglazed footring, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, wood stand
31 cm, 12 1/8 in.

Provenance:
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th November 1986, lot 88.
Christie's Hong Kong, 31st March 1992, lot 577.