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A FINE CELADON-GLAZED JAR AND COVER 清雍正 粉青釉蓋罐
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
《大清雍正年製》款
the ovoid body potted with curved sides rising to broad
shoulders sweeping up to a short constricted neck, the small 來源：
cylindrical cover with a flat top and rounded sides, covered 或香港蘇富比1978年11月28日，編號187
overall evenly save for the unglazed footring of the vessel
and the rim of the cover in an attractive pale celadon glaze,
the countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
character reign mark within a double circle
14.5 cm, 5⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Probably Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28th November 1978, lot
187.

HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 103,000-154,000

Covered in an attractive celadon glaze, the graceful form of
this piece represents an archetypal design of the Yongzheng
period. Small jars of this shape were used to store tea leaves
and are known either with a cylindrical lid that gracefully
concealed their short neck and mouth, or with a domed
cover.
A closely related jar, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
is illustrated in the catalogue to the museum’s exhibition
The Far-Reaching Fragrance of Tea. The Art and Culture of
Tea in Asia, Taipei, 2015, p. 143, fig. 2; a pair was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 610; two jars
lacking the cover were sold in these rooms, the first from the
Goldschmidt collection, 13th November 1990, lot 59, and the
second, 23rd October 2005, lot 369; and another was sold in
our London rooms, 1st/2nd April 1974, lot 267.
Jars of this form are also known painted in underglaze blue,
such as two in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included
ibid., p. 143, pls 1 and 3.

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