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8 février 2020

A rare robin's egg blue-glazed vase, Qianlong impressed six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)

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Lot 1747. A rare robin's egg blue-glazed vase, Qianlong impressed six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000Price realised USD 92,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. 

The compressed pear-shaped body rising to a gently tapering cylindrical neck, supported on a splayed foot, covered overall with an opaque glaze of finely mottled turquoise and purplish-blue tone.

NoteThe robin's egg-blue glaze first appeared during the Yongzheng period, and is generally thought to have been developed as a free interpretation of Song dynasty Jun glazes reflecting the Yongzheng and Qianlong period interest in producing glazes that were both attractive in color and innovative in their use of texture. The Taocheng jishi bei (Commemorative Stele on Ceramic Production) lists the robin's egg-blue glaze as the first of nineteen most popular glazes from the Imperial factory in 1735.

Vases in all shapes were covered with robin's egg-blue glaze. This particular shape is called biqi in Chinese, which means water chestnut, as the shape resembles that tuber. A Qianlong period vase of the same size and shape as the present vase, but with a ru-type glaze, is illustrated by Xu Huping (ed.) in The Official Kilu Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 332.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011

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