A Rare Chinese Flambe Glazed Vase. Of truncated mallet form rising to a flared neck, the broad shoulder molded with three ram masks, covered with a lustrous purple glaze with pale lavender-blue streaks, the glaze draining to pale mushroom color on edges, the countersunk base incised with a Yongzheng mark covered in brown glaze. {Height: 7 3/4 inches (19.8 cm)}. Provenance: Property from a Northern California estate†by descent.