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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION as amongst literati connoisseurs and wealthy merchant
collectors. The Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors sought
A FLAMBE-GLAZED VASE
to reproduce the beautiful glaze e& ects and graceful forms
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD of Jun wares by commissioning copies from the imperial
workshops at Jingdezhen. The streaks characteristic of this
the ovoid body with steep sides rising to broad angled
glaze are known as yaobian (‘transmutation glaze’).
shoulder, the elegantly waisted neck ß aring at the rim, the
Vases of this type are rare and only a small number of
neck set with two pierced scroll handles with extended
related examples are known. Compare one, formerly in the
terminals, covered overall in a raspberry-red glaze running
collection of the Rt. Hon. Lord Hollenden, sold in our London
and pooling with streaks of lavender and violet, the interior
rooms, 27th November 1973, lot 349. Another, acquired
applied with a light blue glaze, the base with the six-
from Yamanaka & Co. Beijing, in 1919, was sold at Christie’s
character seal mark incised and applied with a mottled
London, 9th November 2010, lot 218.
brown glaze
Height 11⅜ in., 29 cm $ 40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE 㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ䩘嬲慱暁俛⮲
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 2005, lot 682.
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
This vase is remarkable for its vibrant hues of ruby streaked
with lavender, created in imitation of the celebrated Jun Ը๕
wares of the Song period. By the Qing dynasty, Jun wares 楁㷗喯⭴㭼2005⸜5㚰2㖍炻䶐嘇682
were regarded as objects of admiration at court as well

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