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A CELADON-GLAZED JAR AND of this design in the National Palace Museum, ૶৻ඤ ४ڡཊ˚˜ᜦ
COVER Taipei, is included in the exhibition Catalog of ɽ૶৻ඤϋႡ‘ಛ
the Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
and Ch’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing
PERIOD Dynasty in the National Museum Palace, Taipei,
1986, cat. no. 27.
" nely potted with the ovoid body rising from
a recessed base to a short neck, molded on A similar jar from the Meiyintang Collection was
each side below the shoulders with a reversed sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th April 2012, lot
C-shaped mock handle, the cover of a shallow 14; and another from the T.Y. Chao Collection
domed form, covered overall with a smooth sea- was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1987,
green glaze, thinning to a lighter tone at the rim lot 283; one without cover in the Hong Kong
and handles, the base with a six-character seal Museum of Art was included in the Museum’s
mark in underglaze blue (2) exhibition The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette.
Height 8⅜ in., 21.3 cm Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984-5, cat.
This vessel form, with its superbly harmonious
no. 79; and a Daoguang copy, lacking the raised
pro" le, integrating its cover, and its unusual
C-shaped motifs, in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
C-shaped motifs on the sides appears to have
is published in Geng Baochang, ed., Gugong
originated in the Kangxi reign. The shape is
Bowuyuan cang gu taoci ciliao xuancui [Selection
often called riyueguan (sun-and-moon jar), its
of ancient ceramic material from the Palace
cover supposedly representing the sun and
Museum], Beijing, 2005, vol. II, pl. 278.
the crescents at its sides the moon, but no
comparable iconography appears to be known
$ 20,000-30,000
from other works of art. A rare Kangxi prototype

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