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A FINE RU-TYPE FANGHU VASE Compare a Qianlong ru-type vase of related hu form in
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD the palace museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Monochrome
the faceted pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a Porcelain, hong Kong, 1999, pl. 216. there is also a closely
tapering neck, set to each side with a cylindrical lug handle, related example in the national palace museum, taipei,
applied overall with a fine caesious-colored glaze stopping published in the Illustrated Catalogue of the Ch’ing Dynasty
neatly just above the foot, the foot ring applied with a dark in the National Palace Museum. Ch’ien-lung Ware and Other
brown dressing, the base with a six-character seal mark in Wares, tokyo, 1981, pl. 82; another included in John ayers,
underglaze blue The Baur Collection, Geneva, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, pl. 344;
height 5⅝ in., 14.4 cm two illustrated in regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the
Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pls 874 and 875;
PROVENANCE and two included in the exhibition Imperial Monochromes.
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). The Zande Lou Collection, art museum, the Chinese
University of hong Kong, hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 32. see
this charming vase, of archaistic fanghu-form, is made also a vase from the Dr. Carl Kempe Collection, included in
in imitation of the highly-treasured ru ware of the song the oriental Ceramic society exhibition Ju and Kuan Wares,
dynasty. the Qianlong emperor was declarative about his
fondness of Imperial ceramic wares of the song dynasty London, 1952, cat. no. 108, sold in our paris rooms, 12th
(960-1279) going as far as having many of the pieces in the June 2008, lot 3317, and again at Christie’s hong Kong, 30th
november 2011, lot 3317. two vases of this type sold in our
Qing Court Collection inscribed with poems he had written London rooms: one from the collection of e.G. Kostolany
extolling their virtues. During his reign, glazes imitating Jun,
Ding, Guan, Ge and ru wares, known as the five ‘official’ sold 16th may 2012, lot 166, and another on 6th november
wares of the song dynasty, were recreated in forms relating 2013, lot 161.
closely to their song prototypes, such as the present $ 80,000-120,000
example. the high level of skill and keen attention to detail
in simulating the distinctive characteristics of song Imperial
ware is evidenced in the soft, unctuous quality of the 清乾隆 仿汝釉八方貫耳壺
luminous glaze and at the foot which has been left unglazed
and stained dark brown. 《大清乾隆年製》款
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

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