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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED BARREL-SHAPED JAR
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The ovoid jar applied with a pair of archaistic mythical beast-mask and
ring handles set between rows of bosses around the shoulder and
above the foot, covered with a soft pale blue-green glaze of even tone
continuing over the flat rim and stopping at the unglazed ring encircling
the countersunk base.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) high.

£40,000 - 60,000
CNY310,000 - 470,000

清乾隆 粉青釉鋪首罐
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance: Mrs Doris Herschorn (d.1975) and by descent to her son
Hugh Sassoon
Christie’s London, 8 June 2021, lot 293

來源：Doris Herschorn夫人（逝於1975年）舊藏，並由其子Hugh
Sassoon保存
倫敦佳士得，2021年6月8日，拍品編號293

The present vessel is an elegant example of the refined effect that The delicate range of green glazes produced during the Qing dynasty
could be created by combining a finely-textured pale green glaze with was highly-regarded at the time, and individual glazes were given
relief decoration on a monochrome porcelain vessel. This technique specific names, such as ‘bean green’ douqing, ‘eastern green
allows the details of the crisp decoration around the body to be dongqing during the Kangxi reign, as well as ‘winter green’ dongqing
highlighted by the delicate translucent glaze pooling in the small and ‘soft green’ fenqing during the Yongzheng reign.
recesses, creating a pleasing dichromatic effect whilst accentuating
the archaistic design as demonstrated in the taotie mask handles. Compare with a pair of similar drum-shaped jars, Qianlong marks and
of the period, illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares
Vessels shaped as drums, dating to the Qianlong period, are rare, and in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1979 pl.224, nos.271 and 272. Another
are a continuation of the Yongzheng period. See a celadon and gilt similar jar, Qianlong mark and period, from the T.Y. Chao collection, is
drum-shaped vase, Yongzheng mark and period, which was sold at illustrated in Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Hong
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 17 November 1975, lot 154, and a celadon- Kong, 1974, no.18.
glazed example which sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 March 1992,
lot 574. A pair of similar celadon-glazed jars, Qianlong marks and period, was
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3307.
During the 18th century, the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen devoted
considerable research and development to the production of celadon
glazes applied to a white porcelain body. Although celadon-type
glazes, coloured with small quantities of iron, were applied to porcelain
bodies at the Imperial kilns in the early Ming period, the potters
working during the Kangxi period perfected a particularly delicate
version over a very white porcelain body. The elegant celadon glaze
was obtained using only about half the amount of iron utilised in similar
glazes produced during preceding periods. During the Yongzheng
period, the newly-obtained celadon glaze was further refined to
produce an even more finely textured and slightly bluer pale green
glaze, and small adjustments continued to be implemented throughout
the Qianlong reign.

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