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8 mai 2012

A fine and rare celadon-glazed beaker vase, Gu. Yongzheng seal mark and period

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A fine and rare celadon-glazed beaker vase, Gu. Yongzheng seal mark and periodPhoto Sotheby's

of archaic bronze form, the central bulb decorated with taotie masks on a leiwen ground between narrow bands of classic scrolls, the splayed base and the trumpet neck with pendent and upright stiff leaves, the galleried rim encircled by a wide classic scroll band, covered overall with a pale celadon glaze, the base with a six-character Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze-blue; 20.8cm., 8 1/4 in. Lot 169. Estimate 200,000-300,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Marchant, London, 18th January 1984.

NOTE DE CATALOGUE: The form and design of the present vase is based on archaic bronzes which appear to have been a major source of inspiration for vessels created by the Imperial Workshops for the Yongzheng emperor. Ritual bronzes, particularly of the late Shang (c.1600-c.1050 BC) and Western Zhou (c.1050-771 BC) periods inspired simulations as well as 'modern' interpretations such as the present vase. Bronze shapes and design elements equally entered the general repertoire of Yongzheng porcelain and provided inspiration for vessels otherwise unrelated to the ancient metal versions. Soame Jenyns, in Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, p. 60, mentions that a stone tablet was excavated in Jingdezhen in 1915 titled 'Orders and Memoranda on Porcelain' on which Tang Ying, Superintendent at the Imperial Kilns in Jingdezhen, discusses his efforts to simulate bronze vessels.

These vases fuse archaic designs with later decorative elements: the taotie mask and stiff leaves are familiar archaic motifs, however they have been adapted according to contemporary taste. For example the taotie masks on the knop have been simplified into an elegant, almost abstract design, while the outlines of the stiff leaves are constructed of linked ruyi heads, a motif popularised during the Qing period.

A closely related example was offered in our Hong Kong rooms, 14th November 1983, lot 131. Compare also a much larger Qianlong mark and period vase of this type, but carved with flowers around the knop, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 1981, lot 317. For a vase of this type, but covered in a white glaze and with an incised Yongzheng reign mark and of the period, see one in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, illustrated in The Official Kiln
Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 183; and an unmarked example sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 17th November 1975, lot 240.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Londres | 16 mai 2012, 10:00 AM www..sothebys.com 

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