Lot 2707. From the Wang Xing Lou Collection. A very rare aubergine-glazed meiping, Qianlong incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 22.4 cm high., box. Price realised HKD 5,040,000 (Estimate HKD 1,000,000 – HKD 2,000,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2024

Provenance: The Vera Goldschlager (1916-1999) Collection, no. 5; sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29-30 April 2001, lot 666.

Literature: Ye Peilan and J. Thompson, Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi- Yongzheng- Qianlong, A Selection from The Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 238-239, no. 94.

Christie's 20 Years in Hong Kong 1986 - 2006: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Highlights, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 157

Exhibited: On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020.

Note: Meiping vases covered in aubergine glaze are very rare. A close comparison to the present vase is an aubergine-glazed bottle vase impressed with a Qianlong seal mark from the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, pp.218-219, A475, no. 323.

Christie's. The Ten Perfections - Qing Imperial Ceramics from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 30 may 2024