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Lot Essay
Conjoined vases of such complicated design, comprising five outer vases enclosing one taller inner vase, requires superior technical virtuosity, and production was not made possible until the 18th century. While Qianlong conjoined vases of this type are known, it is extremely rare to find one applied with a clair-de-lune glaze. The current vase is possibly the only published example to date.
Compare to other Qianlong conjoined vases covered with different glaze colours or decorations, such as:
1) a blue and white example decorated with lotus scrolls in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 324 (fig. 1);
2) one example in teadust glaze in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no. 96 (fig. 2); and
3) a celadon-glazed example sold at Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 237 for US$572,500.
Compare to other Qianlong conjoined vases covered with different glaze colours or decorations, such as:
1) a blue and white example decorated with lotus scrolls in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 324 (fig. 1);
2) one example in teadust glaze in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no. 96 (fig. 2); and
3) a celadon-glazed example sold at Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 237 for US$572,500.