QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A FINE AND RARE RU-TYPE GLAZED ‘GARLIC-MOUTH’ VASE, SUANTOUPING
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is finely potted with a bulbous body and two raised bands encircling the long waisted neck flaring to a garlic-shaped mouth. The body is covered overall with a finely crackled bluish-grey glaze.
7 3⁄8 in. (18.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired circa 2002

Literature

Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection. The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 216, no. 83

Exhibited

On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003 - 2020

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Lot Essay

Compare to a vase similar in shape and glaze in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, cat. no. 215 (fig. 1). Another closely related vase of slightly smaller size (17.8 cm.) was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 April 2006, lot 1610. A Ru-type vase of this form with ‘garlic-mouth’ and slightly larger size is illustrated in Ethereal Elegance. Porcelain vases of the Imperial Qing. The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong 2007, p. 188, no. 52.

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