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A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED AMPHORA,
LIUYE ZUN

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

The vase has an elegant, tapering, high-shouldered body
covered in a glaze of crushed-strawberry-red color with
some areas of pale green mottling. The lower body is ftted
with a gilt-metal band, which extends past the foot.
6º in. (15.8 cm.) high
$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE

Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1952) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned
in 1950.

The shape of this vase is sometimes described as
Guanyin ping, referring to the shape of the vase held by
many fgures of Guanyin, and said to contain ambrosia
or magic elixir. It is also known as liuye zun, ‘willow-leaf
vase’, owing to its elegant form which resembles that of
a willow leaf. It is one of the ba da ma or ‘Eight Great
Numbers’, eight specifc vessels covered in a
peachbloom glaze.

Similar examples are in major institutions worldwide
including the Palace Museum, Beijing; the Shanghai
Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the National
Palace Museum, Taipei; and the Baur Collection,
Geneva. See, also, the example sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1233.

For further discussion of peachbloom-glazed wares of the
Kangxi period, see the note to lot 913.

清康熙 豇豆紅釉柳葉尊 六字楷書款

來源
Mary Stillman Harkness（1874-1952）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1950年。

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