17th Oct, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED LOBED BOTTLE VASE, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,240
including Buyer's Premium
China. Heavily potted, the lobed compressed globular body supported on a broad foot and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck. Covered overall in a richly streaked pale blue and deep lavender glaze thinning to mushroom at the rim and the recesses between the lobes, the base covered in a finely crackled pale gray glaze.
Provenance: French trade. Acquired from a private estate in the Paris region.
Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, the base drilled with a central aperture, the rim with a light glaze line, the foot with few minor chips and smoothened in some areas, probably inherent to manufacturing, due to the uneven glaze dripping along the rim which is expected from this type of ware.
Weight: 4.2 kg
Dimensions: Height 34.5 cm
Expert’s note: The present vase with its superb quality and attractive glaze color is an exceptional example of monochrome ceramics that were produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. In this instance the glaze is emulating earlier Jun wares of the Song dynasty. As early as the third (1725) and sixth year (1728) of the Yongzheng reign, the Emperor requested for the Jun vessels in the Palace to be identified and requests were made for this type of glaze to be reproduced at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. In the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign (1729), Tang Ying, the renowned Superintendent of the Imperial kilns, sent Wu Yaopu to Junzhou in Henan to investigate the glaze recipe of early Jun ware. Wu's mission appeared to be successful as Palace records indicated that after 1730 the Emperor frequently ordered the firing of Jun-type vessels (refer to Harmony and Integrity: The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, Taipei, 2009, pages 227-228).
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related flambé glazed lobed bottle vase, 35 cm high, dated to the 18th century, sold at Christie’s London, 14 July 2006, lot 56. A related Yongzheng-marked compressed globular vase with molded bowstrings in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 179.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 12 September 2018, lot 137
Price: USD 75,000 or approx. EUR 86,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare flambe-glazed lobed vase qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Expert remark: Compare the lobed form and the similar flambé glaze and period. Also note the similar size (32.4 cm).
China. Heavily potted, the lobed compressed globular body supported on a broad foot and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck. Covered overall in a richly streaked pale blue and deep lavender glaze thinning to mushroom at the rim and the recesses between the lobes, the base covered in a finely crackled pale gray glaze.
Provenance: French trade. Acquired from a private estate in the Paris region.
Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, the base drilled with a central aperture, the rim with a light glaze line, the foot with few minor chips and smoothened in some areas, probably inherent to manufacturing, due to the uneven glaze dripping along the rim which is expected from this type of ware.
Weight: 4.2 kg
Dimensions: Height 34.5 cm
Expert’s note: The present vase with its superb quality and attractive glaze color is an exceptional example of monochrome ceramics that were produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. In this instance the glaze is emulating earlier Jun wares of the Song dynasty. As early as the third (1725) and sixth year (1728) of the Yongzheng reign, the Emperor requested for the Jun vessels in the Palace to be identified and requests were made for this type of glaze to be reproduced at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. In the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign (1729), Tang Ying, the renowned Superintendent of the Imperial kilns, sent Wu Yaopu to Junzhou in Henan to investigate the glaze recipe of early Jun ware. Wu's mission appeared to be successful as Palace records indicated that after 1730 the Emperor frequently ordered the firing of Jun-type vessels (refer to Harmony and Integrity: The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, Taipei, 2009, pages 227-228).
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related flambé glazed lobed bottle vase, 35 cm high, dated to the 18th century, sold at Christie’s London, 14 July 2006, lot 56. A related Yongzheng-marked compressed globular vase with molded bowstrings in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 179.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 12 September 2018, lot 137
Price: USD 75,000 or approx. EUR 86,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare flambe-glazed lobed vase qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Expert remark: Compare the lobed form and the similar flambé glaze and period. Also note the similar size (32.4 cm).
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