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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
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A FINE AND RARE MOTTLED GREEN-GLAZED ᪺ڊՌˡ☹ ༴೚㕳ٯ
ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL, YI
ᅐ໶㞏ᛓ㫇᫈Ӭងᜀᇪ㤯ᇙ⚨ᅐࠛ῟⎏ᙲ৅♎ǯᗌ৿ⲖǶ㪃Ꮀ
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
⡕ԿǷ㉃㖊厍ǸӬ֎ᅐ໶⚩卿ᝳ㺄㷚㿩Ǯ⾭⎪⣔Ǯ㿩ᙚ㿽Ӳ♎ǯǹ
The elongated vessel is delicately potted with one taller side rising
᳖༈⯠⻦Ӭ։㫇᫈᪪ᅐ໶㞏ᖊऑ≡卿㞏ⰰऱ᧙⣔ԋᯬ㿩㿽卿ⶬ
to a slightly pointed lip for pouring, the other side applied with a
㢙ᙻᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ㯭ⰰ㞏Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿
handle in the form of an archaistic single-horned dragon, covered
எ ⽚ǯ
inside and out with a mottled green glaze suffused with yellow
and dark-brown specks. The foot of conforming shape is dressed
brown. Together with a porcelain spoon in imitation of metal, and a gilt-
metal cover.
3 ƒ in. (9 cm) long, Japanese double wood boxes, silver-inlaid
zitan stand, metal spoon, and gilt-metal cover
HK$300,000-400,000 US$39,000-51,000
The unusual mottled green glaze found on the current vessel
is known as changguan glaze, or ‘official kiln glaze’, which
was first developed by the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen during
the Yongzheng reign. Compare to a Yongzheng-marked vase
covered with the changguan glaze, which is also of a mottled
green colour suffused with yellow specks, from the Qing
Court Collection, now in the Palace Museum, illustrated in
Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 243.

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