Christie’s. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 26 November 2014
A rare Ru-type glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
Lot 3277. A rare Ru-type glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 9 3/4 in. (24.7 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 2,200,000 - HKD 3,500,000. Price realised HKD 3,520,000. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014.
The well potted vase is covered with an even glaze of bluish-lavender tone.
Provenance: Estate of John Kenny
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 258.
Note: The present vase is very finely potted to an elegant and well-balanced form, covered with an attractively unctuous glaze simulating the revered bluish-grey glaze of Northern Song Ru wares. Compare to several Ru-type glazed vases of similar form, the first of a smaller size from the collection of the British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 48; another smaller example exhibited in the City Museum of St. Louis from 1911 until 1943/44, sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 237; one larger example from the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 1055; and a smaller one from the Zhuyuetang Collection, illustrated in Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods. The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, pl. 96.