Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 28 November 2012, Hong Kong
A fine and rare teadust-glazed basin, Daoguang incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1821-1850)
Lot 2318. A fine and rare teadust-glazed basin, Daoguang incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1821-1850); 10 in. (25.4 cm.) across. Estimate HKD 180,000 - HKD 220,000. Price realised HKD 400,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012
The basin is finely potted with deep curved sides rising from a slightly splayed foot ring and waisted below the rounded rim. It is covered in a flecked olive green glaze of a yellow tone with the exception of the foot rim which is dressed in a brown glaze.
The property of a Hawaii collector
Provenance: Christie's New York, 4 June 1987, lot 322
Note: Teadust glaze was used as early as the Tang dynasty on ewers and small cups produced at the Yaozhou kilns. However, it was not until the early 18th century, during the reign of the Yongzheng emperor, that the glaze was used on a wide scale. Because of the matte texture and subdued colour of the teadust glaze, it was favoured for use on ceramic vessels whose shapes were based on bronze prototypes. However, there are a few earlier examples of basin form in teadust glaze, exemplified by a Yongzheng-marked basin (32.5 cm. diam.) in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Taipei, 1982, pl. 26.