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17 septembre 2011

A Very Rare And Unusual Flambe-Glazed Vase. Qianlong Incised Seal Mark And Of The Period

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A Very Rare And Unusual Flambe-Glazed Vase. Qianlong Incised Seal Mark And Of The Period (1736-1795).  photo Christie's Ltd 2011

With a slightly compressed globular body tapering towards the cylindrical neck, the mouth fashioned to resemble a lotus-pod with eight pierced holes surrounding a larger central hole, the lower portion of the body encircled with a band of lotus lappets above the spreading foot, the interior and top covered with a pale blue glaze that thins at the edges and streaks down the neck mingling with the rich variegated red glaze that covers the body to form shades of purple, the base covered with a mottled brown glaze; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high - Estimate $150,000 - $200,000. Price Realized $542,500

Provenance: Acquired circa 1900 in China, and thence by descent within the family.

Notes: Vases with this type of lotus-pod shaped head and glaze are very rare. A vase with a similar lotus-pod head, but with a celadon glaze and Jiaqing mark, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29 April 2001, lot 554. A related example of baluster-form with a lavender-blue glaze is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, p.195, no. 846. This vase also has a lotus pod- shaped head, but the head is smaller and has only four apertures.
There are, however, squat 'vases' with closed mouths and circular apertures.  One example with a Qianlong mark in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei, 1981, p. 129, no. 93.  Two other examples, also with Qianlong marks, are in the Wang Xing Lou Collection, illustrated in Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Hong Kong, 2004, nos. 74 and 95.  Another example, shaped like a lotus-pod, but with a tapered neck rising from the center of the pod is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 396. These 'vases' are variously described as flower or incense holders.  The present vase is, however, most likely to be a flower vase and appears to be a marriage between the more common garlic-head vases and the examples cited above.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I & II,  15 - 16 September 2011. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. www.christies.com

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