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A GUAN-TYPE BOTTLE VASE Compare two small bottle vases of this type with Qianlong
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD four-character marks, illustrated in Ethereal Elegance,
Porcelain Vases in the Imperial Qing, the Huaihaitang
the globular body rising from a short rounded foot to a broad Collection, the Chinese University of hong Kong, 2007,
cylindrical neck, applied overall with a soft bluish-gray glaze cat. nos 48 and 36. For other Guan-type vases of similar
suffused with a fine crackle encircling the body diagonally, form, see a slightly larger example covered with a pale
the foot ring dressed in brown, the base with a six-character ash-gray glaze with dark stained crackles, sold in our hong
seal mark in underglaze blue Kong rooms, 20th may 1986, lot 83, and again at Christie’s
height 4⅞ in., 12.4 cm hong Kong, 27th may 2008, lot 1799; and another, sold at
Christie’s London, 6th June 1988, lot 115. see also ru-type
PROVENANCE vases of similar form, such as one also from the collection
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). of stephen Junkunc, III, sold at Christie’s new York, 19th
march 2008, lot 658; and a slightly larger version from the
notable for its elegant form and subtle bluish glaze suffused
with fine streaks of golden-brown crackles, this well-potted J.m. hu Collection, illustrated in helen D. Long and edward
t. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion
vase embodies the Qianlong emperor’s fondness for of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. IV, hong Kong, 1950, pl. 172,
celebrated Guan ware of the southern song dynasty. It
also testifies to the high level of technical dexterity of the sold in our hong Kong rooms, 9th october 2012, lot 111; and
potters of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, who have skillfully another sold twice in our hong Kong rooms, 14th november
1989, lot 180, and 10th January 2001, lot 584. another of
imitated not only the iconic unctuous glaze of the prototype, this type sold at Christie’s London, 15th may 2018, lot 175.
but also the dark brown foot, which has been left unglazed
and stained dark brown. see also a bottle vase of related form and slightly larger size
also from the Junkunc Collection sold in these rooms, 12th
september 2018, lot 115.
$ 80,000-120,000

清乾隆 仿官釉小長頸瓶
《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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