A Large Turquoise-Glazed Vase. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

The swelling body of oval section, with straight banded neck and rounded lip, flanked by two vertical tubular handles, all on a spreading foot, covered with a transparent turquoise glaze with minute crackle draining from a greenish-blue at the upper extremities and pooling to a deeper tone at the lower extremities - height 14 1/2 in., 36.8 cm - Estimate: 5,000—7,000 USD

Provenance:  Sotheby's New York, 24th April 1975, lot 322.
Thereafter with the present owner. Private collection from Boston.

Note: It is interesting to note that of the turquoise-glazed vessels from the Qing Court collection in the Palace Museum, the only undecorated vessel based on a bronze-age form is attributed to the Kangxi period, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 146, p. 162. For two other turquoise-glazed vases based on archaic forms, attributed to the second half of the 18th century, see Christiaan J. A. Jörg et al, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, London, 1997, nos 263, 264, pp 232-233.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art including Chinese and Japanese Art from The Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal. 16 Sep 08. www.sotheby's.com