A FLAMBÉ GLAZED VASE, FANGHU, XUANTONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1908-1911. Of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of square section and molded with a peach-shaped panel on the front and back face, rising to a broad neck with indented corners and flanked by tubular handles, covered with a rich crackle-suffused crushed-strawberry glaze streaked to a milky lavender tone at the edges and the rim, thinning to pale mushroom at the edges. The base incised with a six-character markda Qing Xuantong nianzhi and of the period.Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2011, lot 100, estimate GBP 12,000 or approx.EUR 18,500 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). A private collection in Maryland, USA, acquired from the above in an after-sale transaction, and thence by descent.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, the foot with small chips and minor glaze flakes.Weight: 3,348 gDimensions: Height 30 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 520Price: HKD 275,000 or approx.EUR 36,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A flambé-glazed vase, hu, incised mark and period of XianfengExpert remark:pare the closely related form, similar size (30.4 cm) and rich red glaze streaked to a milky lavender tone at the edges. Note the Xianfeng reign mark.宣統款及年代窯變釉貫耳方壺中國，1908-1911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“大清宣統年製”六字款。