A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU, TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD China, 1862-1874. Of rectangular section with indented corners at the rim, the neck flanked with a pair of rectangular sleeve handles and raised on a squared foot, the front and back sides with molded peach-shaped panels, beneath a flambé glaze of dark red tone with lavender and pale-blue streaks, thinning to cream along the rim and upper edges, attractively pooling to the interior. The unglazed base incised with a six-character mark da Qing Tongzhi nianzhi and of the period.

Provenance: French private collection, by repute acquired around circa 10-12 years ago in the local auction market.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including pitting and small glaze recesses, the foot with minuscule nicks, typical small glaze losses along the foot rim, intentional crackling, the interior with firing cracks and traces of use.

Weight: 2,797 g
Dimensions: Height 30 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related flambé-glazed fanghu, 30 cm high, also with an incised six-character Tongzhi mark and of the period, at Christie’s London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 10 May 2011, lot 214, sold for GBP 30,000.

同治款及年代窯變釉貫耳方壺
中國，1862-1874年。溜肩鼓腹，長方形圈足，頸部堆塑對稱雙貫耳，腹部前後淺凸呈現桃形紋樣，通體施窯變釉，釉色以紅、紫、藍為主，色澤變化多端。瓶底足齊平，露胎。底刻“大清同治年製”六字楷書款。

來源：法國私人收藏，據説於10-12年前購於當地古玩市場。
品相：品相極佳，有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵，包括點蝕和釉面凹陷、足部有微小的刻痕、足部邊緣有微小右面缺損，釉面開片、燒製裂紋和使用痕跡。

重量：2,797 克
尺寸：高30 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的窯變釉方壺，高30 厘米，同治六字款及年代，見倫敦佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2011年5月10日 lot 214, 售價GBP 30,000。