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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
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A VERY RARE RU-TYPE VASE A few similar vases have been offered at auction. One similar vase was
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 16-17 January 1989, lot 803; another sold at
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) Christie’s New York, 29 November 1990, lot 209; a third example sold at
The rounded, globular body is raised on a low foot and rises to a wide, Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 656; and another with a gilt rim
straight neck. The vase is covered inside and out with an even glaze of sky- sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 73. A vase of similar
blue color, and the foot is dressed brown. form, but decorated with robin’s-egg glaze, from the collection of J. M. Hu,
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29-30 October 1995, lot 740.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

$70,000-90,000 清雍正 仿汝天青釉瓶 六字篆書款
PROVENANCE: 來源:
Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1376. 香港佳士得, 2006年5月30日, 拍品1376號。

The soft blue glaze and bold form of the present vase can be related
to monochrome, archaistic vases from the Yongzheng period: see, for
example, a sky-blue-glazed zun-form vase illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu,
vol. 15. Ch’ing Dynasty, Shogakukan edition, Tokyo, 1983, p. 201, no. 281.
However the simple yet distinctive shape of the present vase, with its
bulbous body and short, straight neck, appears to be very rare. Another
rare example illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan
to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 148,
no. 77.
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