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A CELADON-GLAZED VASE The delicate, almost watery, tone of celadon as found on the
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG present vase is a Kangxi innovation which was produced by
lessening the amount of iron typically found in Song dynasty
of cylindrical form with the steeply rounded shoulders set Longquan celadons. This glaze was further modified during
with a short straight neck and tapering slightly at the foot, the Yongzheng period to a finely textured bluish tone.
evenly covered overall in a pale celadon glaze, the base
inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze- blue A vase of this type but with a cover, in the Nanjing Museum,
within a double circle Nanjing, is published in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the
26 cm, 10¼ in. Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 192; Other
vases of this type include an example sold in our New York
PROVENANCE rooms, 18th March 2014, lot 451, from the Estate of Angela
Ciccio Shirone, a pair from the J.M. Hu collection sold in
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 22nd November 1985, lot 437.
these rooms, 4th June 1985, lot 34 and another pair from
HK$ 80,000-120,000 the British Rail Pension Fund, sold twice in our Hong Kong
US$ 10,200-15,300 rooms, 29th November 1976, lot 524, and again, 16th May
1989, lot 60.
清雍正 粉青釉罐
《大清雍正年製》款

來源：
香港蘇富比1985年11月22日，編號437

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