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28 mai 2014

A very rare red-glazed 'Lotus bud' water pot, Yongzheng six-character mark wtihin double circles and of the period (1736-1795)

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A very rare red-glazed 'Lotus bud' water pot, Yongzheng six-character mark wtihin double circles and of the period (1736-1795). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014

The vessel is finely potted with a pear-shaped body supported on a short foot tapering to a narrow mouth. The exterior is covered with a mottled soft-red glaze. The mouth rim and base are glazed white. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) high, stand Estimate HK$1,200,000 - HK$1,800,000 ($155,487 - $233,231) - Price Realized HK$2,320,000 ($300,609)

Notes: This shape of this vessel is highly unusual and resembles a lotus bud. It is possibly fashioned after the Jun 'chicken heart' water pots from the Yuan and Ming periods, which acquired the name for their affinity in shape to a chicken heart. Refer for example to a slightly taller Jun water pot of similar shape, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2277.

It has been recorded in the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign, an Imperial edict was issued, commanding water pots of all shapes and colours including yellow, red and celadon to be fired at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen for Imperial consumption. This red-glazed water pot is therefore very likely to be made during the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign(172 ).

The current water pot is extremely rare and only one other example appears to be known, included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, Catalogue, no. 15.

Christie's. THROUGH CONNOISSEURS' EYES - WORKS OF ART FOR THE EMPEROR, 28 May 2014, Hong Kong - http://www.christies.com/

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