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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA
1845
A FAUX-BRONZE-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR
VASE
REPUBLIC PERIOD
The compressed body is encircled by a pair of bow-string bands and The shape of this vase, with the center of gravity so far down the
rises to the waisted neck with flared mouth, supported on a short, lower body, would have been extremely difficult to fire successfully,
splayed foot. The base is incised with a Yongzheng seal mark, and the without the body sagging or leaning to one side. A ‘robin’s-egg’-
vase is covered overall with a matt, rusty-brown-tone glaze. glazed Yongzheng mark-and-period example of this shape from the
Baofang Pavillion Collection was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29
11 in. (28 cm.) high
May 2019, lot 2807.
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired prior to 1973, and thence by descent.

民國 醬釉瓶

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