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A CELADON-GLAZED JAR
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

清雍正 粉青釉鼓釘罐
《大清雍正年製》款

the tapering ovoid body rising to a wide waisted neck, 來源：
encircled by a row of raised circular bosses just above the 香港蘇富比1986年11月19日，編號254
curved shoulder, covered overall in a celadon glaze of pale
sea-green tone, the base inscribed with a six-character seal
mark
h. 20 cm, 7⅞ in.

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19th November 1986, lot 254.

HK$ 800,000-1,000,000
US$ 103,000-128,000

This jar is remarkable for its luminous celadon glaze, the Jars of this form are relatively unusual; one in the Nanjing
purity and depth of which is accentuated by its thinning and Museum, is illustrated in Xu Huping ed., Treasures in the
pooling over the raised studs and their recesses. Monochrome Royalty. The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing
glazes were greatly expanded during the Yongzheng reign Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 190; another in the Baur
as a result of the technical and artistic advancements made Foundation, Geneva, is illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese
at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. New glaze recipes were Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. II, Geneva, 1999, pl. 282;
developed, and those that had been created in earlier periods a third was sold in these rooms, 28th November 1978, lot 180;
were perfected. While a delicate, almost watery celadon glaze and a further example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st
had already been created at the imperial kilns in the early 15th October 2000, lot 877.
century, under Yongzheng several varieties of celadon glazes
See also a flambé-glazed vase, with similar raised studs on
were experimented with. The Yongzheng Emperor appears to
the shoulder, but with a taller neck and the reign mark incised
have been particularly fond of this subtle celadon glaze, and
on the base, from the Manno Art Museum, Osaka, sold at
according to Palace documents, personally commissioned
Christie’s London, 21st June 2001, lot 99.
the imperial kilns to create wares covered in this glaze (Yang
Boda, ‘Imperial Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty’, The Tsui
Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, p. 46).

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