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A RARE TEADUST-GLAZED FLUTED GU-FORM
VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
the vertically ribbed sides rising from a spreading foot to
a slender, waisted body and a trumpet neck, the bulbous
midsection molded with a scroll pattern between bands of
raised bosses, covered overall in a finely speckled olive-
green glaze save for the foot ring coated in a dark wash
Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, February 2004.
LITERATURE
Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg
Collection, Montreal, 2015, pl. 171.
Teadust glazes were developed by Imperial kilns during the
Yongzheng period, likely in imitation of bronze. Echoing the
ancient gu while incorporating contemporary design with
elements such as the fluted sides, the present form is rare.
For a slightly larger related example but with plain sides
and flanges, see one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th
November 2007, lot 1718.

$ 8,000-12,000

清十八 / 十九世紀 茶葉末釉花式觚
來源
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2004年2月
出版
Karen Thomson 編，《The Blema and H. Arnold
Steinberg Collection》，蒙特利爾，2015年，圖版171

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