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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN

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A VERY LARGE GUAN-TYPE ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The vase has a pair of stylised dragon handles and is decorated with raised archaistic
straps and bosses, covered overall in a celadon glaze with a network of dark grey
crackles.
19¬ in. (50 cm.) high

£180,000-220,000 $240,000-280,000

€210,000-250,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in China prior to 1913 by an Italian oficial (1863-1913) from a Venetian family
of shipowners; thence by descent within the family.

The unique shape of the current vase is based on an archaic bronze prototype.
Examples of this form decorated with various diferent glazes are known, including a
Ming blue and white vase from the W.W. Winkworth (1897-1991) collection that was
sold at Sotheby’s London on 12 December 1972, lot 83; a Yongzheng mark and period
‘tea dust’-glazed vase illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from
the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, 1989, p. 298. pl. 127; and a Qianlong mark and
period Guan-type vase, illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Collection, London, 1994, vol. II, no. 873.

清雍正 仿官釉雙龍耳壺 六字篆書款

來源: 歐洲私人珍藏, 於1913年前由義大利威尼斯航運實業家(1863-1913)購
自中國, 其家族珍藏至今

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