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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 清雍正 仿官釉鋪首蒜頭瓶
A RARE GUAN-TYPE VASE 《大清雍正年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
來源：
masterfully potted with steep rounded sides rising to an
angular shoulder surmounted by a waisted neck and a garlic- 香港蘇富比1979年11月29日，編號293
head mouth, moulded on the shoulders with two animal-mask 香港蘇富比2001年10月29日，編號580
handles suspending mock rings, covered overall in a brilliant
opaque grey glaze suffused with black crackles, the foot
dressed with a brown slip
20.5 cm, 8 in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th November 1979, lot 293.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th October 2001, lot 580.
HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
US$ 258,000-387,000
The present vase is outstanding for the quality of its elegant
crackle glaze, conveying a sense of gracefulness characteristic
of Song dynasty Guan wares. Together with the well-
proportioned form reminiscent of archaic bronze, this vase
attests to the ingenuity in utilising historical precedents in
the creation of new works that met the Yongzheng Emperor’s
exacting standards for quality and antiquarian taste.
Although no other Guan-type vases of this form appears to
have been published, see a vase of closely related form but
covered in a flambé glaze offered in these rooms, 8th April
2011, lot 3034. See also a line drawing of this form included
among Yongzheng shapes in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi
jianding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing porcelain], Hong Kong,
1993, p. 236, fig. 403:12, where it is referred to as suantoukou
zun (‘garlic-head mouth vase’).

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