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A Guan-type faceted vase (Hu), Seal mark and period of Qianlong
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拍品名称：
A Guan-type faceted vase (Hu), Seal mark and period of Qianlong
拍品描述：
the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 5¾in., 14.6 cm
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
The form of the present vase is based on Shang and Zhou dynasty bronze wine vessels, however, the unctuous pale bluish-green glaze suffused with fine craquelureevokes Song dynastyGuan celadon wares that also imitated ancient ritual vessels. The Qianlong Emperor revered both, and this vase attests to the Imperial ceramicists' ingenuity in utilizing historical precedents in the creation of new works that met the Emperor's exacting standards for quality and antiquarian taste.
A similar vase in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is published in theIllustrated Catalogueof the Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum Ch'ien-lung Ware and Other Wares,Tokyo, 1981, pl. 82; one from the Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was included in the exhibitionQing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng andQianlong Reigns,Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 63;and two vases of this type, one with a crackled glazeand the other with a plainGuan-type glaze, are published in Regina Krahl,Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,vol. II, London, 1994, pls 874 and 875. Two further vases of this type are illustrated inQing Imperial Monochromes: The Zande Lou Collection,Hong Kong, 2005, pl. 32; another isillustrated by John Ayers inThe Baur Collection, Geneva,vol. III, 1972, no. A344; and an example fromtheGarner Collection was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibitionThe Arts of the Ch'ing Dynasty, London, 1964, cat. no. 276. See alsoanother from the Edward T. Chow Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 91 and on 19th May 1981, lot 501; a similar vase that sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms, first on 20th November 1985, lot 203, and then again on 6th April 2016, lot 3638; and one without the craquelure sold in these rooms, 20th March 2012, lot 243.
Height 5¾in., 14.6 cm
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
The form of the present vase is based on Shang and Zhou dynasty bronze wine vessels, however, the unctuous pale bluish-green glaze suffused with fine craquelureevokes Song dynastyGuan celadon wares that also imitated ancient ritual vessels. The Qianlong Emperor revered both, and this vase attests to the Imperial ceramicists' ingenuity in utilizing historical precedents in the creation of new works that met the Emperor's exacting standards for quality and antiquarian taste.
A similar vase in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is published in theIllustrated Catalogueof the Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum Ch'ien-lung Ware and Other Wares,Tokyo, 1981, pl. 82; one from the Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was included in the exhibitionQing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng andQianlong Reigns,Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 63;and two vases of this type, one with a crackled glazeand the other with a plainGuan-type glaze, are published in Regina Krahl,Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,vol. II, London, 1994, pls 874 and 875. Two further vases of this type are illustrated inQing Imperial Monochromes: The Zande Lou Collection,Hong Kong, 2005, pl. 32; another isillustrated by John Ayers inThe Baur Collection, Geneva,vol. III, 1972, no. A344; and an example fromtheGarner Collection was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibitionThe Arts of the Ch'ing Dynasty, London, 1964, cat. no. 276. See alsoanother from the Edward T. Chow Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 91 and on 19th May 1981, lot 501; a similar vase that sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms, first on 20th November 1985, lot 203, and then again on 6th April 2016, lot 3638; and one without the craquelure sold in these rooms, 20th March 2012, lot 243.