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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTION
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A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED ‘WILLOW-LEAF’
VASE, LIUYE ZUN
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1662-1722)
The slender vase has tall rounded shoulders rising to a trumpet neck, all
under a peachbloom glaze of rich mottled plum tone thinning in patches
to a softer mushroom colour and concentrated in a rich raspberry ring at
the foot, the upper body suffused with moss green areas extending around
the vessel.
6 ¿ in. (15.6 cm.) high, metal stand, box
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000

PROVENANCE
Collection of J. Insley Blair (1870-1939), New York
LITERATURE
The J. Insley Blair Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Tuxedo Park, New York,
1925, pl. IV, no. 112 (fig. 1)
The present vase is known as a liuye ping, ‘willow-leaf vase’, owing to its
elegant form which resembles that of a willow leaf. It is also known as
Guanyin ping as its shape compares well to the libation vase said to contain
ambrosia held by many figures of Guanyin as depicted in paintings and
Buddhist sculptures. A similar example from the Metropolitan Museum, New
York, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 918; and another
similar example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3014.

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