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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE PEAR- ᪺̗㡳nj㤎⩈Ⓙ⊆⩄ⱗ♄ἕ૑ᒰ⁅njՎಧ╌ᕋᢎ
SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
≡ᖊऑ卿⡿㧩㯝卿Ӵ஋⭬⊶ௗ卿஄㑷ംᖊǯ㘻㵲㬪Ɽ⡠㱈卿
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 㯝㛑∪㱈⹳⶟⡠Ǯ⦞៨Ɽࢭ⡠ࣿൈዪ㫡㯔⡠卿⭬㛑⥾Ⱡ⹳⛛
⒢⡠卿㘆㑷⽔㱈⸥≓⡠卿㑷ം‶㱈⸥ⱤӬॶ卿ᄓ㬪ⱤᝧǸഌ
The vase is painted in vivid tones of underglaze blue, in imitation
of ‘heaping and piling’, with plantain and bamboo growing beside ᳖Գ㪏ჺㅳǹ❨ᝧ᪪ǯ
rocks on grassy mounds, below a band of foliate scroll in-between
ϝᬝ
upright leaves and a pendent ruyi collar at the waisted neck. The
ჺ㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
base is encircled by a band of upright lotus panels above a band of
demi-florettes on the splayed foot, all between a band of upright ⛛⒢Ⱡ⹳⡠㱈ᙻ݉ջᆨᎰ㖅ἃᎰᾳ⎏ㅛ㱈ᡟ㊽卿ᚺջ㧷ං᱁リǯजࣻ⩠
ruyi lappets at the base and of band of knobbed scroll bordered by ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։᭦ᦼ㬪Ɽ⛛⒢Ⱡ⹳⡠ℱ೭ᛌ≡卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦
upright leaves and a stylised ruyi collar at the waisted, flaring neck, ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ㬪Ɽ㞏ㅞ⡚ ӳ Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ᳖ᄮᾭ
a band of lotus encircling the foot. ࣿԠᇌपងமᝳ⊂⊄卿जࣻ⩠ऱទ଍㙁௛ཨ༿⏟ⲋ⎏Գ㪏᪪㬪Ɽ⛛⒢எ
11 ¡ in. (28.9 cm.) high, box ℱ೭ᛌ≡卿ࣥ⻦ᙻ༱೰༈Ɽஊ卿ࣻ㨙Ƕ㯎㱐㌎ಋੰ Գ㪏⎑Ⴝ⎏▬༗Ɽ
HK$1,800,000-2,800,000 US$240,000-360,000 ஊǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅卿㇦Ƕᘢ༈⻦≢ ě
᳖㬪Ɽ≢ Հ Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎սࣿ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈Ӭ׾卿
PROVENANCE ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ᫉㯸ℱ೭ᛌ≡ἃ᳖༈ԋ⎏㞒㇝ㅛ㱈㪀
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992 ㉑଍卿ᝳᎰཌᗥᘞ⎏卿ൈܻ★༈ែ୨㧿卿ࣻ㨙Ƕ᳖ջ༈ᅡ⊂᰻Ƿ卿झ࢈卿
The design and form of the current vase are closely modelled after ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚卿Քज੷ग㪀㉑卿ൈ᷂ⱥ䁗ݤഅ༾ᡟӳӬग卿ࣻ㨙
early-Ming examples, such as a Yongle yuhuchunping in the Palace ऱᝧஎ‸எ‸ ⽚ǯ
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red
(I), Hong Kong, 2000, no. 33. For other Qianlong-marked yuhuchunping
of this design, see one formerly housed at the Palace of Tranquil
Longevity in the Forbidden City, included in the exhibition A lofty
retreat from the red dust: the secret garden of emperor, Hong Kong,
2012, Catalogue, no. 51; one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in The National Palace Museum: Blue and White Ware of the
Ch’ing Dynasty, Book II, Taipei, 1968, no. 12; and one sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3053.
Vases of this type form an important part of imperial furnishing in
the Qing palaces, see a pair of vases of the same design displayed
on a side table in the Eastern Chamber of the Palace of the Gathered
Elegance, and one on the curio display cabinet in the Studio of Pure
Fragrance, illustrated in Qingdai gongting shenghuo, Taipei, 1986, figs.
214 and 224, respectively.

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