A Jun-type hexagonal jardinière, Yongzheng incised six-character and of the period (1723-1735)
Lot 1377. A Jun-type hexagonal jardinière, Yongzheng incised six-character and of the period (1723-1735); 10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 216,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006.
The lobed sides rising from the neatly shaped feet to an everted, lobed rim, the glaze an attractive mottled raspberry colour thinning to blue-grey at the rims, and a mushroom tone along the six ribs on the interior, the base with two drainage holes and covered with a brown wash, box.
Note: Previously sold in our New York Rooms, 20 March 1997, lot 413.
The present jardiniere belongs to a group of ceramics decorated with a glaze that is in imitation of Song dynasty Jun wares in both glaze and shapes. Compare with a Jun-type narcissus bowl in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 2000, A355, p. 155, no. 262; where it is illustrated together with a matching imitation Junyao flower pot.
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2006
