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A FINE AND RARE ‘GUAN’-TYPE VASE Notable for its elegant form and subtle bluish glaze su" used
with Þ ne streaks of golden-brown crackles, this well-potted
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
vase embodies the Qianlong emperor’s fondness for
elegantly potted, the compressed globular body rising from a celebrated Guan ware of the Southern Song dynasty. It
short foot to a waisted neck and ß ared mouth, applied overall also testiÞ es to the high level of technical dexterity of the
with a soft bluish-gray glaze su" used with a Þ ne crackle potters of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, who have skilfully
diagonally encircling the body, the footrim dressed in brown, imitated not only the iconic unctuous glaze of the prototype,
the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue but also the dark brown foot, which has been left unglazed
Height 6⅜ in., 16.2 cm and stained dark brown.
For other Guan-type vases of similar form, see a slightly
PROVENANCE
larger example covered with a pale ash-gray glaze with dark
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
stained crackles, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 20th May
1986, lot 83, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th May
$ 60,000-80,000
2008, lot 1799; and another, sold at Christie’s London, 6th
June 1988, lot 115. See also Ru-type vases of similar form,
such as one from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III, sold
at Christie’s New York, 19th March 2008, lot 658; and a
slightly larger version from the J.M. Hu Collection, illustrated
in Helen D. Long and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese
Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. IV,
Hong Kong, 1950, pl. 172, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 9th
October 2012, lot 111; and another sold twice in our Hong
Kong rooms, 14th November 1989, lot 180, and 10th January
2001, lot 584.
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġầ⭀慱匠啢䒞
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
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⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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