Lot 611. A rare teadust-glazed vase, zun, Daoguang incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1821-1850); 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 35,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The vase has an ovoid body encircled just below the top of the high splayed foot with a single bow-string band and around the body with three double bow-string bands, and has a pair of molded mask and ring handles applied to the shoulder below the slightly waisted neck that rises to a flared mouth with molded band below the rim. The vase is covered overall with a matte glaze of very finely mottled dark olive-green color that thins slightly on the mask handles and also covers the base surrounding the mark in which the characters are of the same dark green glaze against an ivory ground, and the foot is covered with a blackish-brown wash.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 10 November 2005, lot 790.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

Note: Two other vases of this shape and design with Yongzheng marks are illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods - The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, one with a celadon glaze, no. 76, the other with a different type of teadust glaze, no. 165. See, also, the Daoguang-marked vase of this shape, but decorated with blue and white archaistic designs, sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 316.

Christie's. The Studio of the Clear Garden: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 22 March 2018, New York