Page 62 - important chinese art mar 22 2018
P. 62
532
A RARE MINIATURE GUAN-TYPE འ͍ ͷ֜ཊʃଧ
BOTTLE VASE འ͍ϋႡಛ
YONGZHENG SEAL MARK AND Ը๕
PERIOD ॲߒԳɻ2013ϋ9˜19Ї20˚dᇜ1342
the globular body rising from a slightly splayed
foot to a straight cylindrical neck, covered overall
save for the foot ring with an even unctuous pale
grayish-blue glaze su! used with a " ne network
of crackles, the base with a four-character seal
mark in underglaze blue
Height 3¾ in., 9.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 19th-20th September 2013,
lot 1342.
Vases of this form, with Guan imitation glazes,
are more commonly found during the Qianlong
period. Compare one formerly in the collection
of Alfred Clark, included in the exhibition Ju and
Kuan Wares, Oriental Ceramics Society, London,
1952, cat. no. 104, sold in our London rooms,
25th March 1975, lot 114; another sold in our
Hong Kong rooms, 16th May 1977, lot 179; and
a third sold in our Paris rooms, 18th December
2012, lot 223.
$ 10,000-15,000
60 SOTHEBY’S
