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AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 清雍正 青花團花壽字紋梅瓶
‘SHOU MEDALLION’ MEIPING
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG 《大清雍正年製》款
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within 來源
a double circle 上拍於香港蘇富比1997年11月5日，編號1447
Height 8⅛ in., 20.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Offered at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5th November 1997,
lot 1447.
This blue and white vase represents the innovative design of
porcelains during the Yongzheng period. From the beginning
of his reign, the Emperor took a keen interest in the work of
various imperial manufactories in his empire, particularly the
Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen where artistic direction was led
by his personal taste.
Yongzheng vases of this design are extremely rare, and only
one closely related example in doucai is known. Formerly
in the W.W. Winkworth Collection, it was first sold in our
London rooms, 12th December 1972, lot 121 and was later
part of the British Rail Pension Fund, sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 16th May 1989, lot 68. It was most recently sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th May 2007, lot 1464A. Compare
also a related blue and white meiping of similar size, but
decorated with prunus scrolls after a Ming prototype, from
the Qing Imperial Collection, illustrated in Qinghua youlihong
/ Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong
Kong, 2000, pl. 73.

$ 80,000-120,000

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