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propertY From the CoLLeCtIon oF Dr. anD mrs. GreGorY reign and a large number of vases covered in this highly
F. sULLIVan attractive glaze were made after antique shapes, such as
A FINE AND LARGE FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE the present lot. For the possible song prototype of this vase
VASE see a Jun bottle vase of slightly smaller size, in the national
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD palace museum, taipei, illustrated in Chün Ware of the Sung
Dynasty, hong Kong, 1961, pl. 3a.
finely potted, the elongated pear-shaped body rising to a
slender cylindrical neck, richly covered overall in a lustrous Qianlong marked vases of this form and glaze are preserved
lavender-blue glaze with deep red striations, dramatically in museum and private collections, including one in the
transmuting to milky blues streaks around the shoulder, and nanjing museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of
draining to a cream-color at the rim, suffused overall with a the Chinese Qing Dynasty, shanghai, 2003, pl. 345; another,
network of fine glaze crackles, the base with a mottled pale in the huaihaitang Collection, included in the exhibition
celadon and brown glaze over the incised six-character seal Ethereal Elegance, art museum, the Chinese University of
mark hong Kong, hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 68. For examples sold
height 18⅝ in., 47.3 cm at auction, see a similar vase from the collection of thomas
Barlow Walker and later the British rail pension Fund, sold
PROVENANCE twice in these rooms, 26th september 1972, lot 833, and
again, 16th may 1989, lot 63; and another example sold twice
sotheby’s hong Kong, 23rd may 1978, lot 190.
in our hong Kong rooms, 27th april 1993, lot 84, and 8th
Vessels covered in this striking flambé glaze reflect the april 2011, lot 3027.
Qianlong emperor’s fondness of the celebrated song
dynasty Jun wares. the Yongzheng emperor (1722-1735) $ 80,000-120,000
first commissioned the development of new glazes in
imitation of Jun vessels and nine different types of Jun- 清乾隆 窰變釉長頸瓶
revival glazes, primarily made in purple, crimson and blue,
which are recorded in the 1732 edition of the Jiangxi Tongzhi 《大清乾隆年製》款
[General Description of the Jiangxi province], and discussed
in s.W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981, pp. 194- 來源
196. this glaze was perfected under the Qianlong emperor’s 香港蘇富比1978年5月23日，編號190

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