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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN November 1996, lot 862, and two in these rooms, ૶৻ඤ ४ڡཊνจ७ʬˆଧ
PRIVATE COLLECTION 20th March 2012, lot 237 and another, 19th ɽ૶৻ඤϋႡ‘ಛ
A RARE CELADON-GLAZED March 2013, lot 200. A similar example with a Ը๕
REVOLVING SIX-NECKED VASE plain celadon glaze of slightly smaller dimension Joe Yuey 1906 2005 ϗᔛdᔚږʆd̋ψ
(LIUKONGPING) is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko
Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 149, ॲߒᘽబˢ1996ϋ9˜18˚dᇜ໮225
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND and another example, from the Paul Baerwald
PERIOD Collection, and loaned from the Art Institute of
Chicago was included in Exhibition of Chinese
superbly potted with " ve conjoined outer
Ceramics, Los Angeles County Museum, Los
baluster-form bodies enclosing the freely
Angeles, 1952, cat. no. 366. A vase with a
revolving inner central and tallest vase, each
sky-blue glaze is illustrated in Treasures in the
with " nely carved white-slip decoration with a Royalty, The O! cial Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese
ruyi-head collar in shallow relief to the shoulders,
Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 326. A similar
repeated just under the everted rim, the neck
vase with teadust glaze preserved in the National
with a single raised " llet suspending further ruyi,
Palace Museum, Taipei is illustrated in Catalog of
and a border of sti! upright lappets encircling the the Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng
base, covered overall in a vitreous pale sea-green
and Ch’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing
celadon glaze, each vase supported on a tapered
Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National
unglazed footrim, the central vase with seal mark
Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 96.
in underglaze blue, zitan stand incised with a
single character reading jia (2) The present vase is accompanied by a " tted,
Height 9⅝ in., 24.4 cm intricately carved zitan wood stand. The base of
the stand is incised with a single character, jia.
PROVENANCE This character was used by the Qing imperial
Collection of Joe Yuey (1906-2005), San household as an inventory mark for pieces in
Francisco, California. the imperial collection. For a similarly marked
Sotheby’s New York, 18th September 1996, zitan stand see an archaistic jade cong with its
lot 225. inscribed stand included in the exhibition The All
Complete Qianlong: the Aesthetic Tastes of the
The present vase is an exceptional example of Qing Emperor Gaozong, National Palace Museum,
this very rare type of multi-form vase. There
Taipei, 2013, cat. no. 11.2.7.
appears to be no other known example with a
freely-revolving central vase. The technical ability This vase was formerly in the collection of Mr.
to produce a fully formed, glazed vase in such Joe Yuey, a well-known patron of the arts in San
close proximity to the surrounding vases without Francisco. Born in Guangdong province in 1906,
adhering is remarkable. Additionally all other he immigrated to the United States in 1923. In
published examples of this form are plain glazed, 1939, at the Chinese Village at the Golden Gate
lacking the slip decoration of the present vase. International Exposition, he was introduced to
Langdon Warner, curator of the Fogg Museum
The form and glaze are most likely inspired
at Harvard University. Mr. Yuey later credited his
by related multi-spouted vases made at the friendship with Mr. Warner for encouraging and
Longquan kilns during the Song dynasty
guiding his passion for collecting Chinese art. Joe
(960-1279). This type of rare vase appears to
Yuey was also a friend of Avery Brundage and
have been made for imperial use during both
instrumental in raising funds and donating works
the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Of the of art that formed the foundation for the Asian Art
few known Qianlong period examples of this
Museum, San Francisco.
rare form, three have been previously sold at
Sotheby’s; one, in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th-6th $ 150,000-250,000

Character to the underside
of the zitan stand
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