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There is only a very small group of yellow-ground blue and white 㫇᫈㿩஠㬪Ɽ≢῟ㅳ㫙ᄟ㵶卿㫬⣌׆ᵐՀ᪖῟Ꮀ卿ᘢໄӽ㞔㬳჎ཐ卿ӻ
porcelains from the Yongzheng period, likely to do with the complexity അἃ⠢ႛཎ৅卿ൈཎ⧉Ǯ⎾⏎Ǯཎ≡✙ǯ׾ຽࡺᑐ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ
of the manufacture process, which involves at least firing twice in
ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ։㫇᫈᪪Ꮣ⭬≡卻 ݩߎ卼卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎⡥⡙צ೥
the kilns. Most surviving examples were made in small sizes such as
ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ։㫇᫈᪪ཎ⧉卻 ݩߎ卼卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎
jars, bowls and small vases. Examples include a smaller Yongzheng-
marked pear-shaped vase (25.5 cm.) sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 ⇧೥㷿᭄Ⅷ⻦Ӭ։㫇᫈᪪Ɽࢭ⡠⎾卿㖊ᙻ + "ZFST ⶬǶ$IJOFTF $FSBNJDT
May 2008, lot 1575; a small Yongzheng-marked jar (9.4 cm.) sold at JO 5IF #BVS $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿✄Հݺ卿ᚚݤ≖卿 ჺ卿எ ⽚ǯൈទ
Christie’s New York, 17 March 2017, lot 1218; and a Yongzheng-marked ᐽ৅㙓 ݩߎ⎏ഌ௛≡ຽߺ㬳჎ཐ㇦卿Ⅷ⧎㬳჎ǯ
bowl in the Baur Museum Collection, Geneva, illustrated by J. Ayers in
Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol. II, Geneva, 1999, p. 91, no. Քᝳ⯝ទ≡ऱ㙁௛ࣿ⡠㱈⎏⡩㬪Ɽ׾ຽ卿ൈஇ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ⅷ⻦Ӭ։㫇
210. Large vases decorated in underglaze blue and yellow enamel like ᫈᪪㬪Ɽ≡卿଍ᆨࣿԖ⡠㱈⯝ទᐽ৅ഌ⯎⏟ऱ卿㩶ऑǮ㑷ࣿ⫒㛑ࠗ⡠㱈
the current example are extremely rare.
ᝳ⊿卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ ჺझ࢈߅‸Ƕᘢ༈⻦≢厍᳖㬪Ɽ≢ӬǷ卿㮰 卿எ ǯ
There are also vases of similar design and form but decorated in ᝳ㑪⎏ᛓ卿᫉≡⯝ទᐽ৅Ὅ⋕߅⯇⏟ऱ㉑㈷⻤எ卿ֿཨ༿࣐ᄃԢཎӬࢮ卿
underglaze blue only. The National Palace Museum has a Yongzheng- गᝳ ݩߎ㵶ǯ
marked blue and white vase of the same form and almost identical
decoration, with slightly different decorative bands around the mouth, ᫉ᆨ߰⎏≡ຽഅ㇦ᙻԳ㪏㬪Ɽ଍卿ൈែ՗இ⛁ࢷ⁒㱦⻦Ӭ։Գ㪏
foot and shoulder, illustrated in Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch’ing ᪪㬪Ɽݪᙹ≡卿⡠㱈ࣿ㙁௛ഌ⯎⏟ऱ卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ ჺែ՗߅‸
Dynasty Book 1, Taipei, 1968, p. 76, pl. 6. It is interesting to note that the
National Palace Museum example has remarkably similar decorations to Ƕ5IF *MMVTUSBUFE $BUBMPHVF PG 5PLZP /BUJPOBM .VTFVN $IJOFTF
the current vase in underglaze blue, but is almost half its size (28.7 cm.). $FSBNJDT **Ƿ卿எ ⽚厎औӬ։⻦࢈՗㲛㛢ࢷ⁒㱦卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶ໶⚩ल
≢Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿எ ⽚ǯ
The current form and design are also better known on Qianlong-period
blue and white porcelains, such as a Qianlong-marked hexagonal form
vase with a very similar floral scroll design, included in the Illustrated
Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990,
cat.no. 565; and another in the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated
in Gems of the Official Kilns, Taipei, 1993, pl. 84.

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