Lot Essay
There appear to be no other published examples with robin's egg glaze in this shape. See, however, a slightly larger Yongzheng vase of related shape in the Palace Museum, glazed in bands of blue and purple-red, imitating the Song dynasty Jun glaze, as was the intention behind the robin's egg glaze, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 282, no. 111
The robin's egg glaze was used from the Yongzheng period to the 19th century and popular shapes include the "lantern vase" form, illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, p. 252, no. 923 and the "garlic head" and globular vases such as the examples in the National Palace Museum and included in the Special Exhibition of Qing Monochrome Porcelain, Taipei, 1981, Catalogue, no. 41 and 42
The robin's egg glaze was used from the Yongzheng period to the 19th century and popular shapes include the "lantern vase" form, illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, p. 252, no. 923 and the "garlic head" and globular vases such as the examples in the National Palace Museum and included in the Special Exhibition of Qing Monochrome Porcelain, Taipei, 1981, Catalogue, no. 41 and 42