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A LARGE SACRIFICIAL-BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE ᪺̗㡳 㤀Ⳉ㕳૱ύ⁅ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
VASE, TIANQIUPING
≡㧩㯝卿䀦஋⭬卿஄㑷ǯ㘻㵲ᙼ㬜⻤㞏ǯ≡ݤǮᄓ㛑⎊㞏ǯ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
Ϝᬜ
The vase is of globular form rising to a tall, slightly flared,
columnar neck. It is applied overall with a thick, vibrant and ჺ㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
deep blue glaze. The interior and base of the vase are applied
㬜⻤㞏῟ㅳ႙⻱⦏ᐂ݉ջ۔⢴卿⯍᳖ջ⊂⊄᫓ងតᙷ卿ӻ῟ㅳ⠢⡿卿
with a transparent glaze.
჎㇦㙁௛ᛓ༈ᅡ◂଍ক㪀㉑⊇≢ǯ㬜⻤㞏◂଍ཇ؊ᙻ഍೉∪Ӿझ卿Գ
20æ in. (52.6 cm.) high
㪏ࢦӲჺ卻 ჺ卼ސ⯍◂഍㲛᪖ഠ㉭⊇㬜⻤㞏଍ǯӬ։㘆ַ׾ຽ㇦
HK$1,800,000-2,600,000 US$240,000-330,000 ჺ㲞ᳰ߅‸Ƕ᳖≢⺫㢶Ĝ㲞ᳰ⻱ワ㱦⻦᳖ջ㪃≢Ƿ卿எ ǯ
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 2010
Compare to a similar example with this cobalt blue glaze included in
the exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum
of Art, 1984, no. 85. Another example with a less globular body is in the
Baur Collection, Geneva, illustrated by J. Ayers and M. Sato in Sekai
Toji Zenshu, Volume 15, Qing Dynasty, Tokyo, 1983, p. 199, no. 272. A
third example is from the Nanjing Museum Collection, included in the
exhibition, Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1995, illustrated in the
Catalogue, no. 66.
The rich cobalt blue seen on the current vase is sometimes referred
to as 'sacrificial blue'. This name derives from the use of vessels
bearing this coloured glaze during sacrifices at the Imperial Altar of
Heaven in the Ming dynasty. However it has been noted that during
the Qing dynasty these massive vases were made as part of decorative
furnishings for the Palace.

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