11th Oct, 2023 11:00

THREE-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 108
 

108

A GE-TYPE ‘KINUTA’ VASE, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY
十八世紀仿哥釉瓶

Sold for €3,900

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details


Expert’s note
: This remarkable ‘Kinuta’ vase exemplifies the finest Ge wares, which have been revered both in China and Japan for many hundreds of years. At its finest, Ge glazes are thick, completely opaque, and have a rich pattern of black and golden-brown crackles. The glaze on the present vase also displays the ideal soft bluish-gray color, which was so difficult for potters to achieve, but has always been greatly admired by connoisseurs. The name 'Kinuta', which in fact is the Japanese term for a mallet, refers to a group of mallet-shaped vases which were imported to Japan in the Song dynasty and thereafter.

Of slightly flared cylindrical form with sloping shoulders, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck rising to a distinctively lipped rim, the hallmark of this group. The body covered overall in a fine gray glaze suffused by a dense matrix of dark crackles, with scattered paler crackles in between, except the foot rim exposing the dark body beneath.

Provenance: Swedish trade, by repute acquired from an old Scandinavian private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with expected old wear and firing flaws, such as dark spots, pitting and slightly irregular glaze pooling above the foot rim, shallow surface scratches and minor staining to glaze.

Weight: 311 g
Dimensions: Height 12.8 cm

With a Japanese black-lacquered box and cover. (2)

Please click here to read the full description

Literature comparison:
Compare with two related vases at the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Song Dynasty (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 35 and no. 36. Another related vase in Palace Museum was included in the exhibition catalog ‘Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum’, New York, 1996, pl. 123. Also compare with a mallet shaped vase in the Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1993.386.26.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3234
Price: HKD 1,180,000 or approx. EUR 168,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A fine and rare Ge bottle vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Expert remark: Note the slightly larger size (14 cm) and that this example dates from the Ming dynasty.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 3 November 2021, lot 146
Price: GBP 9,450 or approx. EUR 13,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A guan-type baluster vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Note the slightly larger size (14.5 cm) and that this is an example of Guan ware.

点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)

十八世紀仿哥釉瓶
小盤口,直頸,折肩,直腹,圈足。器身通體施灰色釉,釉層密布深色開片。圈足處露胎呈橘色。

來源:瑞典古玩交易,據說是從斯堪的納維亞私人舊藏中購得。
品相:狀況良好,有磨損和燒製缺陷,例如黑點、凹坑和足緣上方輕微不規則的釉池、表面劃痕和輕微的釉污。

重量:311 克
尺寸:高 12.8 厘米

配有一件日本黑漆蓋盒。(2)

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:香港佳士得,2014年11月26日,lot 3234
價格:HKD 1,180,000(相當於今日EUR 168,000
描述:明代哥窯瓶
專家評論:請注意尺寸較大 (14 釐米) ,以及此瓶為明代。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:倫敦蘇富比,2021年11月3日,lot 146
價格:GBP 9,450(相當於今日EUR 13,500
描述:清十八世紀仿官釉小方瓶
專家評論:請注意尺寸較大 (14.5 釐米) ,以及此瓶是官釉。
 


Expert’s note
: This remarkable ‘Kinuta’ vase exemplifies the finest Ge wares, which have been revered both in China and Japan for many hundreds of years. At its finest, Ge glazes are thick, completely opaque, and have a rich pattern of black and golden-brown crackles. The glaze on the present vase also displays the ideal soft bluish-gray color, which was so difficult for potters to achieve, but has always been greatly admired by connoisseurs. The name 'Kinuta', which in fact is the Japanese term for a mallet, refers to a group of mallet-shaped vases which were imported to Japan in the Song dynasty and thereafter.

Of slightly flared cylindrical form with sloping shoulders, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck rising to a distinctively lipped rim, the hallmark of this group. The body covered overall in a fine gray glaze suffused by a dense matrix of dark crackles, with scattered paler crackles in between, except the foot rim exposing the dark body beneath.

Provenance: Swedish trade, by repute acquired from an old Scandinavian private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with expected old wear and firing flaws, such as dark spots, pitting and slightly irregular glaze pooling above the foot rim, shallow surface scratches and minor staining to glaze.

Weight: 311 g
Dimensions: Height 12.8 cm

With a Japanese black-lacquered box and cover. (2)

Please click here to read the full description

Literature comparison:
Compare with two related vases at the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Song Dynasty (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 35 and no. 36. Another related vase in Palace Museum was included in the exhibition catalog ‘Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum’, New York, 1996, pl. 123. Also compare with a mallet shaped vase in the Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1993.386.26.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3234
Price: HKD 1,180,000 or approx. EUR 168,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A fine and rare Ge bottle vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Expert remark: Note the slightly larger size (14 cm) and that this example dates from the Ming dynasty.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 3 November 2021, lot 146
Price: GBP 9,450 or approx. EUR 13,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A guan-type baluster vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Note the slightly larger size (14.5 cm) and that this is an example of Guan ware.

点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)

十八世紀仿哥釉瓶
小盤口,直頸,折肩,直腹,圈足。器身通體施灰色釉,釉層密布深色開片。圈足處露胎呈橘色。

來源:瑞典古玩交易,據說是從斯堪的納維亞私人舊藏中購得。
品相:狀況良好,有磨損和燒製缺陷,例如黑點、凹坑和足緣上方輕微不規則的釉池、表面劃痕和輕微的釉污。

重量:311 克
尺寸:高 12.8 厘米

配有一件日本黑漆蓋盒。(2)

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:香港佳士得,2014年11月26日,lot 3234
價格:HKD 1,180,000(相當於今日EUR 168,000
描述:明代哥窯瓶
專家評論:請注意尺寸較大 (14 釐米) ,以及此瓶為明代。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:倫敦蘇富比,2021年11月3日,lot 146
價格:GBP 9,450(相當於今日EUR 13,500
描述:清十八世紀仿官釉小方瓶
專家評論:請注意尺寸較大 (14.5 釐米) ,以及此瓶是官釉。

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