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A VERY RARE RU-TYPE VASE
Yongzheng seal mark and of the period
The elegant body of low shouldered form rising from a short inward-
tapering foot and supporting a tall cylindrical neck flanked by tabbed
handles, flaring to a rounded mouth, covered overall with a lustrous
sky-blue glaze.
12.8cm (5in) high.
£20,000 - 30,000
CNY160,000 - 240,000

清雍正 仿汝小瓶
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 8 June 1993, lot 109

來源：
蘇富比，倫敦，1993年6月8日，拍品109號

This rare vase is remarkable for its subtle bluish glaze, the purity
of which accentuates the graceful curves of its profile. Created in
imitation of the celebrated Ru-wares of the Song period, this vase
reflects the Yongzheng Emperor's penchant for these early wares and
the remarkable technical developments achieved at the Imperial kilns
and made to meet the specific taste of the emperor. While a delicate
celadon glaze had already been developed in the Kangxi reign, it was
during the Yongzheng period that the production of glazes imitating
Song dynasty Ru and Guan wares greatly expanded. According to
the 1732 edition of the Jiangxi tongzhi (Jiangxi provincial gazetteer),
compiled by Xie Min, governor of Jiangxi Province between 1729
and 1732, two different types of Ru-type glazes were developed, one
displaying a subtle network of crackles and the other of even tone; see
S.W.Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981, p.195.
See a similar Ru-type vase, Yongzheng seal mark and of the period,
which was sold at Christie's Paris, 8 December 2021, lot 184. Another
similar vase, Yongzheng seal mark and of the period, was also sold at
Christie's Paris, 23 June 2020, lot 128.

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