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AN AUBERGINE-GLAZED VASE Provenance:
18th/19th century Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York
Of finely potted, elegant pear shape, the compressed globular body Purchase by subscription, 1879
rising from a short slightly spreading foot to a tall waisted neck with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present
flaring mouth rim, covered with a lustrous violet-blue glaze that
continues down the neck interior before stopping at the biscuit interior, 來源：
the foot ring and base also unglazed and firing to an orange-red tone. Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約
11 1/8in (28.3cm) high 會費購藏，1879 年
大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今
$4,000 - 6,000
For a two Qianlong-marked ceramics with a similar qiepi zi (eggplant-
十八/十九世紀 霽藍釉撇口瓶 skin purple) glaze, see Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelain of
Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi-Yongzheng-Qianlong, A Selection
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp.238-241,
nos.94-95, where it is noted that the glaze owes its color to the
introduction of manganese oxide, and is generally found on un-marked
non-imperial wares.

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