GE-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED OCTOGONAL POT ZHAN JING ZHAI ZHI MARK, POSSIBLY OF QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD 或為道光 湛靜齋製款 哥釉八方花口洗 finely potted and modelled with the squatted bulbous body supported on a short foot, rising to steep bracket-lobed sides with waisted neck, terminating to a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a grey glaze with a web of fine 'iron-wire' crackles, leaving only the foot ring unglazed and covered in dark brown paint, the base inscribed with a four-character 'Zhan Jing Zhai Zhi (Made by Zhanjing Zhai)' in iron-red (17.5cm wide) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in a private French collection Note: 'Zhanjingzhai' was built by Emperor Daoguang for Empress Xiaoquancheng in Yuanmingyuan. It is located in the west of "Shende Hall" and was built at the same time as Shende Hall.