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A RARE GUAN-TYPE GLAZED HU-SHAPED VASE ᪺㢫᢬ Ͳ೚㕳ㆼ⡪ཧ♄૑ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
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The vase is of square section, with a slightly compressed 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
rounded body rising to a tall neck demarcated with two pairs
of raised bands below the two lug handles underneath a lipped ᫉≡଍ᆨ֎㇑ॶǮᶴ㬪㠩଍卿㞏᭮ߺ֎ࢶ໬໶⚨≢卿ंᛇ㫇᫈⎑Ⴝ㪿ൃ
rim, the tall splayed foot with a moulded band at mid-section. It ऒ⁒Ԡካ᎜ǯ᚝ᙻ໬ջႡ㇦≢଍֎㬪㠩଍׾ຽ卿ൈझ࢈ᘢ༈⻦Ӭ։ࢶ໬
is covered overall with a thick, broadly crackled glaze of greyish- 䂆ᯛ⚨≡卿ᆨ߰ऱ᧙ս㬪㠩ᙹ೭ἃఫ╲卿㇦ ჺ㲞ᳰ߅‸Ƕᘢ༈⻦
green tone. The foot is applied with a brownish wash. ≢ Ĝ 䂆ᯛ⚨Ƿ卿எ‸ ǯ
11¿ in. (28.1 cm.) high
जᬘ㖅⏟ऱ଍ᆨ⎏㫇᫈᪪㏘⪆೭卿Ӭ։⧜֎ᮃ㞏卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ
HK$1,800,000-2,600,000 US$240,000-330,000 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎Ӭ։ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿
ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯऔӬ֎ড়㞏׾ຽ卿⻦இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ ჺझ
PROVENANCE ࢈߅‸Ƕ᳖ᄮ㫇Գल≢⁞ཿǷ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 319
This very rare vase reflects the Yongzheng Emperor's deep interest in
archaism. The crackled celadon glaze is the outcome of the attempt
to reproduce the lustrous glaze found on Guan wares made for the
Southern Song (AD 1127-1279) court, while its shape is modelled after
that of bronze and gilt-bronze vessels of the Zhou (C.1100-256BC) and
Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties.
Compare with a Yongzheng-marked vase of similar form but covered in
a Ru-type glaze, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 946;
and another one sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 577.
Compare also to a Yongzheng vase of this shape covered in a ge-type
glaze, illustrated in The Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng
and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no. 63.

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